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Seven Reasons Why Composite Decking is Not Toxic

Some building materials contain toxic chemicals that are harmful to people, animals and vegetation. Composite Decking boards differs from other building materials since they don’t contain harmful chemicals making it the perfect construction material for your outdoor living space.

Here are seven reasons why composite decking is not toxic.

Why Composite Decking is Not Toxic

1 Environmentally Friendly

Composite decking is environmentally friendly. It is not a pollutant that is harmful to the environment. You can use composite decking comfortably without worrying that it can cause any pollution and is regarded as environmentally friendly since the materials used during manufacture are not toxic.

2 Composition

Composite decking is produced with a mixture of wood fibres and recycled plastics that are free from toxins and won’t harm people or animals. Composites are a strong and durable building material perfect for building many things such as, but not limited to decking, planters, benches, chairs, tables and pergola’s.

3 Well Sealed/Capped

Second generation composite decking is a co extrusion board in which is merging two thermoplastic together providing a PE surface layer with increase resistance to moisture and liquids, this enables co extrusion or capped composite decking to never rot or splinter due to moisture or water damage.

4 Resistant to Rot

Building materials like pressure-treated lumber experience structural fail when it starts to rot. Unlike wooden decking, composite decking can not rot or decay. Composite decking is created to be resistant to weathering and free from harmful chemicals. As they don’t rot you don’t need to worry about structural fail from rotting.

5 Does not Leach Chemicals into the soil

Unlike pressure treated wood, that does contain toxic chemicals, composite decking is toxin free and wont leach chemicals into the soil. This means it is suitable for making garden beds and planters that wont harm flowers, plants or vegetables. It is a perfect building material for use in gardens. Gardeners and farmers use composite decking knowing it is safe for growing and consumption of vegetables.

6 Contains recycled plastics and wood fibre

As composite decking contains wood fibres and recycled plastics it is not toxic or harmful to man, animals and the environment. The recycled materials used to make composite decking are polyethylene and polypropylene that come from recycling milk bottles, shampoo containers including plastic food packaging used in the food industry.

Conclusion 

Since composite decking does not contain any toxic or harmful chemicals that don’t leach into the soil or the atmosphere they are kinder to the environment.

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