Eco-friendly, recycled plastic decking

Always green - Trex recycling

We make Trex® eco-friendly composite decks from an innovative blend of 95% recycled plastic film and reclaimed sawdust—that’s almost the whole thing. On top of that, our company uses some of the most earth-friendly manufacturing processes in the country, reclaiming factory waste and eliminating the use of harmful chemicals. Trex offers consumers a truly environmentally responsible choice with our recycled components. Being green is in our DNA. We've been this way for close to 30 years, well before green was a buzzword. Because in the end, all of us want to look out on our decks and know that we’ve done our part.

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Why A Trex® composite deck iIs a green deck

Reclaimed wood

Locally sourced reclaimed timber that would otherwise end up in a landfill finds its way into Trex high-performance composite decks. By using reclaimed sawdust, we never have to cut down a tree to make our products. Ever.

Recycled plastic film

The reclaimed timber in our decks is combined with Trex-recycled plastic film and other recycled components ranging from the plastic packaging from paper towels to dry cleaner bags, sandwich bags, and shopping bags. Here’s an interesting fact: A 20’x20’ deck contains more than 1,500 lbs of recycled and reclaimed wood and plastic film.

A sustainable supply chain

Trex takes an active role to ensure our supply vendors operate with ethical and responsible business practices. We conduct supply chain assessments, including in-person reviews, operating facility tours, and work with our suppliers to reduce environmental impact across the supply chain. As a result, we make it a practice to use post-consumer and post-industrial content wherever possible.

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Recycling is a beautiful thing

Trex recycling saves over 450 million kilograms of plastic film and reclaimed timber from landfills each year.

In fact, Trex is one of the largest recyclers of discarded plastic shopping bags and polyethylene film in North America
Since our inception, we have diverted and recycled more than 5 billion pounds of polyethylene film
The entire high-performance Trex decking portfolio is manufactured using more than 95% recycled content

In comparison to pressure-treated lumber over a 25-year period, the environmental impacts of Trex decking are:

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42% fewer

greenhouse gas emissions
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48% fewer

criteria air pollutants
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43% more

energy use and feedstocks
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86% less

acidification
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90% less

eutrophication
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54% less

smog
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27% more

public supply process water use

Product process

Trex’s manufacturing process is as green as its final product -- with a proprietary processing method that eliminates the use of smoke stacks. Additionally, nearly all our scrap composite materials are reclaimed and incorporated back into production processes. Trex transforms these materials into eco-friendly decking that has a smaller carbon footprint than timber. Learn more about the process: