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Outdoor Furnishings - Plastic Lumber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | RPL was used initially in applications that do not require critical load-bearing such as picnic tables, park benches, partitions, trash receptacle covers, dimensional lumber, and landscape timbers. |
 | | RPL picnic tables and park benches are considered worthwhile, but the demand is just not great enough to divert any significant amount of plastics from landfills. |
 | | Although RPL uses several chemical additives such as antioxidants, biocides, heat and light stabilizers, lubricants, and flame retardants, they do not leach into the water or the soil because they are encapsulated in the plastic matrix. |
| www.green.ca.gov /EPP/Furnisher/RPLumber.htm (3902 words) |
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