03/09/2023
Shocker....floors made from real wood are more environmentally friendly than those made from petro chemicals. I've been screaming this for years. Growing trees remove carbon from the air. When they are cut and used that carbon is trapped in those products. New trees grow back and take more carbon from the air. Last a checked we don't re-grow petroleum based products. Also , last time I checked, a derailed train of logs never destroyed a whole community.
If you're building or remodeling a house, please consider using solid hardwood flooring or engineered flooring made from solid wood. Luxury Vinyl Plank is a cheap alternative. No matter what side of the climate debate you're on, it is easy to see that using a naturally renewable resource, that we have in abundance and is safe, is better than using plastics and chemicals. Petroleum belongs in our cars, not in our floors.
A new environmental product declaration for engineered wood flooring shows the global warming potential totals 11.41 kg CO2e. Similar environmental product declarations for luxury vinyl plank report a global warming potential of nearly six times that amount. The new report on engineered wood floorin...
