WPC Pricing Restrictions

In WPC decking and railing, plastic is filled with natural fiber, such as wood flour, rice hulls and by-product residues from the papermaking industry. Again, there are countless types of natural fiber, obtainable from countless plant sources, however, either a scale is not there, or an availability is restricted, and/or price is too high. Rice hulls cost is about 30/lb, wood flour about 3-50/lb, bleached fiber by-product (as a blend with minerals) of paper mills between 3 and 9 0/lb 

Deck Manufacturer ICC-ES report number and date Cellulosics Solid or hollow 

1 ChoiceDek, Dreamworks, Polyethylene-based products Advanced Environmental Recycling NER-596 2/1/2006 Not reported Solid 

2 LifeCycle, MoistureShield, A.E.R.T. Epoch/Evergrain Technologies Weyerhaeuser Epoch Composite Products ESR-1625 6/1/2005 NER-630 (52% Wood fibers) 50% Wood fibers Solid 

3 EverGreen Integrated Composite Technologies (Legacy)4/l/2006 N/A (referenced by Principia Wood flour Solid and 

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