Thinking of building a new home or remodeling? Wanting to find Green Products for your project? Well flooring is product many people decide to go green with. Cork and Bamboo flooring is a great option in the renewable group.

Nowadays, with ever-increasing concerns over protecting the environment and preserving natural resources, cork is once again back in the spotlight. The main reason for this is because cork is a “green” product. In other words, it’s environmentally friendly. Cork flooring is made from the renewable bark of the cork oak tree. Its supply is virtually endless. In fact, there are trees still reproducing bark that are estimated to be two hundred years old.

Bamboo is an alternative to traditional hardwood flooring that is:
* uniquely attractive
* strong and resilient
* dimensionally stable
* moisture and stain resistant
* environmentally-friendly

It is also less expensive than many hardwoods and can be purchased for nailed down, stapled down, glued down, or floated installation.

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Well I told you I would throw out some topics that can be debatable. I believe that the Green movement is for the best but I am not on board with every aspect. I hear people say we should ban plastic grocery bags, plastic beverage containers and other plastic products. I do believe we need to keep these products out of the land fill and also stop littering with these products. We need to educate more on the topic of recycling.

I what to show you an example of a product and a company that has taken recycling to a different level.

Trex Decking is a composite decking that is durable, easy to use and great looking. There are many other companies that supply a similar product but from my experience trex is one of the best.  I have taken one piece of information from Trex’s website http://www.trex.com to explain how well they recycle.

Recycling Facts

• Trex keeps some 300,000 tons of plastic and wood scrap out of landfills every year.
  • that comes to about 600,000,000 pounds saved annually
• NO TREES ARE CUT DOWN for the purpose of making Trex. Our wood comes from:
  • reclaimed wood from woodworking operations
  • used pallets
  • sawdust (300 million pounds a year)
• Trex recycles all forms of polyethylene.
• Trex is one of the largest plastic bag recyclers in the United States.
  • Grocery/Retail/Drug Stores
    • 7 out of every10 recycled grocery bags in the U.S. end up at Trex (about 1.5 billion per year)
  • Industrial Accounts
  • Agricultural Operations
  • Food & Beverage plants
  • Government agencies
  • Colleges & Universities
  • Bulk Pellets/Flake & Densified
• Our manufacturing process is as green as our final product.
  • Trailers are hydraulically powered with vegetable-based oil
  • Our proprietary processing method eliminates smokestacks
  • Factory runoff/refuse is recycled back into the manufacturing line
• As much as possible, Trex packaging is made from recycled paper and plastic.
• We regularly seek out third-party audits to make sure we’re continuously improving our green practices while meeting all environmental, health and safety guidelines and regulations.

Green Projects and Affiliations

• Trex Company is a proud member of The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from every sector of the building industry.
  • Works to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated
  • Goal: to create an environmentally and socially responsible environment that improves the quality of life
• Trex has been included in national environmental projects such as:
  • the BASF Near Zero Energy Home in Paterson, NJ
  • the Solar Decathlon, a collegiate green building competition
  • the National Building Museum’s “The Green House” exhibit in Washington, D.C.
  • Maui Wildlife Refuge Complex, Kealia Pond NWR in Hawaii
  • Point Defiance Zoo, Theater and Kids Zone in Tacoma, WA

  “Directly quoted from Trex website” www.Trex.com

Now I think this product is great and it along with many similar products would not exist if we did not have these plastic products. So I don’t think we should ban water bottles. We need to just more conscious of recycling these plastic products.

I have personally been to the Trex plant in Nevada and have seen the garbage that is unloaded on a daily basis. Believe me it is straight garbage but it is a beautiful product when it comes out the other end.

The plastic and wood is ground into fine pieces, then heated and blended in a huge hopper. When it reaches the proper consistency it is pushed through a die similar to a pasta press to make the shape. As it passes through the die it immediately goes into a trough of water to cool.

Plastic products have a place and a purpose. So I don’t think we should ban water bottles and plastic bags. I think we should all recycle more and buy products like Trex that do a good job with recycling. Please leave a comment and tell the other reader what you think.