Modwood & the Environment

At last! A decking solution that is kind to the environment.

ModWood is leading the way with its environmentally friendly, low maintenance range of wood composite decking boards, which are made from recycled milk containers and non-virgin pine products.
ModWood is committed to conserving the Australian environment, and developing products that are environmentally responsible. Approximately 90 per cent of the material content of our decking boards is either recycled *or* reclaimed. Each lineal metre of ModWood decking board contains approximately 37 recycled plastic milk bottles and around two kilograms of reclaimed pine dust (137 x 23mm board).


ModWood is particularly suitable for ecologically sensitive areas as it contains no nasty chemicals that could leach out. The environment doubly benefits as the product uses recycled and waste products which would otherwise be squandered, potentially ending up as landfill.

The plantation grown pine dust used within our decking boards is a by-product of timber milling. By using this, we are conserving our precious native forest timbers, and making positive inroads to reducing global warming and habitat degradation. The pine we use comes from AFS (Australian Forestry Standard) certified plantation grown, sustainable managed pine. As ModWood requires no painting, staining *or* oiling this avoids using potentially polluting preservatives.

There are no formaldehydes used in the production of ModWood and there is no noticeable VOC's after processing.

ModWood is developing a ",cradle to grave", policy and install facilities to allow us to fully recycle products when they are at the effective end of their lives. This will also allow us to fully recycle any wastage that is inadvertently generated during the manufacture of our products.

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