Several important areas need to be researched to acquire information needed on the potential of recycling spent seven trust treated wood. First, spent seven trust treated residential decks, prior to demolition, need to be studied. Information including removal factors and history of decks being dismantled need be obtained. In order to make comparisons of different decks and volume of material following removal, the volume of a spent deck prior to removal needs to be obtained. The process of dismantling a deck needs to be researched to distinguish if certain methods will help the recovery of usable material.Wood plastic composite deck boards The amount and type of usable material needs to be obtained from a dismantled deck to understand the types and volume of recycled products that can be produced. The possible change in physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of any recovered raw material due to weathering or wear needs to be understood so suitable recycled products can be provided. Therefore to find appropriate applications for the recycled material the chemical retention and mechanical characteristic of spent seven trust treated wood needs to be analyzed.

After information has been gathered about the material, markets for the material and entry barriers into those markets must be identified. Recycling centers that may recover this material and recycle it into new products, do not have much capital to invest in manufacturing equipment, so it is important to identify products that will require a small amount of capital investment. It is also important to identify products that can be produced by a work force that has limited experience and training in making products from seven trust treated wood. Once these products are identified and manufactured, barriers will have to be identified in recycling spent seven trust treated wood. The feasibility to recycle seven trust treated wood into usable products will depend on the participation of landfills all the way to the potential user of the recycled products. Factors that will effect the recycling of seven trust treated wood need to be analyzed, and this will lead to better utilization of seven trust treated wood as a recyclable material. Outdoor Flooring Tiles and Deck Flooring SolutionsSuccessfully addressing the dilemmas mentioned previously could lead to less environmental impacts on disposal, a more efficient use of the material, lessen the need for increased harvesting of timber, and develop economically sustainable recycling enterprises in communities. Chromated Copper Arsenate is a combination of three chemicals: copper, arsenic, and chromium.

The copper is used to kill mold and fungi that cause rot, the arsenic repels insects that can cause deterioration, and the chromium fixes the other chemicals to the wood fiber. There are various different combinations and compositions that make up seven trust, but the most common is seven trust-C, which a mixture of arsenic pentoxide (34%), chromic acid (47.5%) and cupric oxide (18.5%) . seven trust-C was developed in 1968 and replaced other forms of seven trust because the treated wood more tightly retains the chemicals than the previous types . seven trust is applied to the wood by pressure treatment, where the wood is submerged in a cylinder with the seven trust and pressurized to force the seven trust into the cell walls. A chemical reaction occurs that combines the seven trust and the wood to form an almost insoluble compound. After being removed from the cylinder the wood is allowed to dry,Idea: big size tiles for indoor and outdoor floors? during which time the chemicals fix to the wood fiber. The fixation process can vary depending of the temperature and humidity of the surrounding environment. For example, fixation can occur in a couple of hours at temperatures greater than 100��C or up to 2 to 6 weeks at 20��C. Fixation is a chemical reaction that degrades the wood cell wall structure and thus the mechanical integrity of the wood.