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    Listed under the headings below are links to information about specific products that were manufactured using recycled materials. In each listing, the type of product is listed first, the manufacturer is listed in Italics and the symbols at the end of the line indicate the amount and type of recycled material in that product.

Basic Wood and Plastic Materials and Methods (06050)

Wood Treatments (06070)

Multi-Surface Deck-Prep Cleaner and Mildew
Stain Remover Behr

Wood Cleaner Brightener Conditioner Behr

15-Minute Quick-Fix Deck Finish
Remover & Wood Resurfacer Behr

Adhesives (06094)

Adhesive Caulk Phenoseal

Rough Carpentry (06100)

Wood Decking (06150)

Trimax Decking System Trimax Building Products

Composite Decking and Railing CertainTeed

Plastic Lumber Center Industries LTD.

Fiberboard Sheets (06162)

Medium Density Fiberboard Norbord

Medium Density Industrial Fiberboard SierraPine

Medium Density Industrial Formaldehyde-Free
Fiberboard SierraPine

Medium Density Interior Fiberboard SierraPine

Medium Density Premium Fiberboard SierraPine

Particle Board SierraPine

Laminated and Processed Sheets (06164)

Protective Sheathing -- Thermo-ply Covalence

Finish Carpentry (06200)

Architectural Woodwork (06400)

Laminates (06424)

Tefor Abet Laminati

Solid Surface Materials Avonite

Structural Plastics (06500)
Structural Lumber CarefreeXteriors

Plastic Fabrication (06600)
Trimax Decking System Trimax Building Products

Decking and Railing Perma-Deck

Decking Trex

Glass Fiber -- Reinforced Plastic (06610)

Counter Tops -- Recycled Glass Counter Production

Key to Recycled Product Codes The recycled product code symbols used on this web site are based, in part, on Recycled Content Certification Standards established by Scientific Certification Systems and manufacturers' information. Scientific Certification Systems is a neutral, third-party environmental certification organization. Founded in 1984, Scientific Certification Systems' mission has been to spur the private and public sectors toward more environmentally sustainable policy planning, product design, management systems and production operations.
What the Symbols Mean
Post Consumer Waste A product or package which has been discarded by an individual, commercial enterprise, or other public or private entity after having fulfilled its intended application or use. The number inside the symbol indicates the percentage of post consumer waste in the product. If no number appears in the symbol, the amount of recycled content is not known or could not be verified.
Post Industrial Waste A material which has been generated as a by-product of a given process which has properties significantly different than those of the original material and therefore, in its current form, cannot be recycled back through the same general process. The number inside the symbol indicates the percentage of post industrial waste in the product. If no number appears in the symbol, the amount of recycled content is not known or could not be verified.
Industrial Scrap In contrast to post-industrial waste, industrial scrap is material which has been generated as a by-product of a given process which has properties allowing it to be recycled back through the same general process. The number inside the symbol indicates the percentage of industrial scrap in the product. If no number appears in the symbol, the amount of recycled content is not known or could not be verified.
Pre-Consumer Materials This category includes materials and by-products or scrap from industry that have not yet reached a consumer or business for their use. These materials are reused within the same manufacturing process. The number inside the symbol indicates the percentage of recycled content in the product. If no number appears in the symbol, the amount of recycled content is not known or could not be verified.
Recovered Materials This classification refers to the universe of materials that count as recycled content, both pre-consumer and post-consumer. It is consistent with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's definition which includes all materials produced after the initial process. If no number appears in the symbol, the amount of recycled content is not known or could not be verified.
Recycled Content (Uncertified) The number inside the symbol indicates the percentage of recycled content in the product. If no number appears in the symbol, the amount of recycled content is not known or could not be verified.
Green Building Materials but with NO Recycled Content.
Product Disclaimer
Reference to trade names or specific commercial products, commodities or services listed at this web site does not represent or constitute an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the producer of the specific commercial product, commodity or service. The Nebraska Energy Office is not responsible and disclaims liability for any results or lack of results that may or may not accrue from the installation of any commercial product, commodity or service listed at this web site. The Nebraska Energy Office does not warrant the achievement of any cost savings and disclaims liability for the failure to achieve any cost savings as a result of the following of any suggestions set forth herein.

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