» Plywood
Choosing FSC certified wood products gives you piece of mind knowing that the harvest and production of that product was done in an eco-friendly, responsible manner. Our plywood is eco-friendly in two ways: it is a certified wood product and plywood is made of small scraps of wood, reducing waste. Home Depot's exclusive Millstead plywood only comes from certified sustainable forests around the world. Millstead plywood excels in grading standards for strength and appearance, prevents premature rotting, and carries a limited lifetime warranty.
When purchasing their Millstead lumber you’re not only helping save the environment, but are choosing an economical, quality choice product. One 98 foot tree with 200,000 leaves can absorb 11,359 gallons of water and breathe it into the air in just one growing season. That’s enough rain water to fill over 324 bathtubs!
» Molding
Forests supply us with much more than lumber and oxygen. One fourth of the medicines today and 70% of the plants found to have anticancer properties originated within rainforests, and many more continue to be discovered. Rainforests are rich with biodiversity containing millions of species of plants and microorganisms, many of which have not been discovered. Therefore, it is important to select wood that comes from forests managed in ways that will ensure their protection, as well as the protection of many other natural resources (sustainable forests).
Home remodeling is the largest use of wood products. It takes over 64 trees to create the wood products used in an average home, excluding the lumber used for framing. Purchasing FSC certified molding products instead of non-certified products helps protect forests and ensure cleaner air. In one year, the average American consumes enough wood and paper to make up a tree 100 feet tall and 16 inches in diameter!
» Doors
Only plants, including trees, can produce enough new oxygen to support life on Earth. Rainforests alone generate 40% of the worlds oxygen. Protecting these forests and trees will ensure a healthy living environment for many years to come.
Purchasing FSC certified wood products aid in the protection of the world’s much needed forests. Doors make up a large percentage of wood products used within a home. The average single family home has 19 interior doors totaling over 444 board feet of wood. That’s two trees worth of doors in your home!
Purchasing doors made of certified wood instead of non-certified helps protect forests and ensure cleaner air. Currently there are over 208 million acres of FSC certified forest providing habitats for nearly 6 million species that would otherwise be lost due to deforestation
» Dimensional Lumber
Trees affect our environment in many ways, including the amount of rainfall we receive as well as the quality of the water we drink and the air we breathe. Since trees naturally absorb Carbon Dioxide (CO2), a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions, trees naturally help clean the air.
While trees and the wood we get from them are a renewable resource, in some countries, the growing demand for wood is taxing its regenerative capabilities. Therefore, it is important to select wood that comes from forests managed in ways that will ensure wood as a resource is cultivated (sustainable forests). "Dimensional lumber" is the term given to all of the standard cuts of lumber used in construction.
Because most homes are constructed with wood using dimensional lumber, purchasing dimensional lumber that is certified as coming from sustainable forests will help ensure that we provide wood products for today's generation without eliminating wood supplies for future generations to use.
On average, one acre of FSC certified forest can supply enough wood to build 5.65 2,000 square foot homes each and every year.
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