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Wheatboard???
December 17, 2007

Here’s a Seattle company that says it has searched for years “to find a line of high-quality cabinets made with environmentally friendly finishes and case materials.”  Environmental Home Center and Environmental Building Supplies, now ecohaus, offers “green” cabinetry.



Blinkdecor authored by Anne Carr and Connie Dirvin, who I found while surfing, have this to say about “green” cabinetry.

It is important to look for formaldehyde-free woods like cherry, maple oak, bamboo and alder. A new material that has recently been written about is wheatboard, which is made from straw waste, available after each year’s wheat harvest. In addition to its benefits in the construction industry, it also provides a secondary income to farmers, as 60 million tons of straw residue is available each year. Bales of wheat straw are milled into fine particles, sorted dried, and then bound together with a formaldehyde-free resin. The particles are then hot pressed into sheets of varying thickness. Wheatboard meets or exceeds North American Particleboard standards.

The developments that are taking place in eco-friendly materials for the home are exciting to me.   Couple that with amazing developments taking place in the auto industry and it is easy to envision a much better environment for our children and grand children.

Do you know of other new developments?  I would love to hear from you about them.  Email me at landfair3554@comcast.net.

Posted by Mike Landfair on December 17, 2007 | Comments (0)