Are your green claims clean? Knock on wood.
Not every building project starts with an ax-wielding guy in a flannel shirt yelling “tim-berrrr!†Consumers have another choice these days: plastic lumber, which is often used in decking, fences, outdoor furniture, etc. Wisconsin-based N.E.W. Plastics Corporation (you may know them as Renew Plastics) manufactures two lines of plastic lumber – Evolve and Trimax – and touts their environmental benefits. But according to a settlement announced by...