PODCAST: Innovative Recycling and Manufacturing Processes

Fiberon annually saves more than 1 million trees and repurposes an average of 100 million pounds of recycled plastic.

Matt Gerhart, cladding sales manager for Fiberon, joined us to discuss Fiberon’s recycling process for wood-plastic composites.

Listen in as he discusses Fiberon’s manufacturing and recycling processes, design benefits of composite claddings, and the closed-loop system Fiberon uses to conserve water.

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