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- From: Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
- Newsgroups: ca.environment
- Subject: Re: Plastic Recycling and Products Thereof
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 10:39:54 GMT
- Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
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- In-reply-to: tut@cairo.Eng.Sun.COM's message of 18 Jan 93 02:22:10 GMT
-
- > So you're recommending I put up a redwood fence, made of
- > products bought from Pacific Lumber, a division of Maxxam????
-
- =o= I never said anything even remotely resembling that.
-
- > Perhaps a pine fence would be better, since it would rot
- > every five years, giving the lumber industry an opportunity
- > to cut down some more old-growth forests?
-
- =o= I never said anything even remotely resembling that, either.
- Also, for your information, softwoods like pine grow quickly,
- and usually come from new growth.
-
- =o= (And how long do you really think a plastic picket fence
- is going to serve? From what I've seen, plastic outdoor junk
- gets damaged routinely. A picket fence represents a lot of
- easily damaged unrepairable surface area. You'd be unusually
- lucky if five years passed before you're back at Home Depot
- buying a new one.)
-
- =o= Now, if you were to ask what my actual recommendations
- were, I'd say they would vary depending on your particular
- environment. If your heart is set on a picket fence, I'd tell
- you the following:
-
- =1= Get a copy of the _Wood_User's_Handbook, by Pamela Wellner
- and Eugene Dickey (of the Rainforest Action Network). They
- give rather detailed information on obtaining various types of
- wood that was logged in a sustainable manner. They even list
- some businesses in the Bay Area that specialize in such wood.
- (They're more tolerant of some synthetic products than I am,
- so of I course I recommend against following their advice to
- use those materials.)
-
- =2= Find a picket fence or materials for same made from a good
- water-resistant wood.
-
- =3= Find environmentally-sound wood preservative products.
- I've tried the products of Auro and Livos, two German firms
- (I've also heard of a new American firm called BioShield,
- but I haven't tried their products). You'll find some that
- will hold off the biodegrading process for a good number of
- years. Apply those products to the fence.
- <_Jym_>
-