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Study finds benefits of “single stream” recycling can be deceptive and costly

Recycling’s real purpose is remanufacturing and end use. Most lay people, and perhaps most local officials, assume that all recycled items go to their best use. They are shocked to learn that the materials they dutifully put in a recycling bin may in fact wind up in a landfill. Unfortunately single stream recycling decreases the…

Homasote Voted Product Choice Award Winner by Industry Peers

Recognizing the top building product providers, Multi-Housing News readers voted Homasote as a recipient of an “2009 Product Choice Award in the category of Sound Control” for “exceptional value, materials quality, design innovation and customer care”. By Natasha Selhi, Associate Publisher, Multi-Housing News Jan/Feb 2009 Multi-Housing News is proud to present the 2009 winners of…

Homasote Products Earns FSC Certification

West Trenton, NJ – Homasote®, the leading manufacturer of quality building products made from recycled materials, announced today it has earned another certification proving the green benefits of using Homasote products, which are made from post-consumer recycled paper. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a non-profit organization devoted to encouraging the responsible management of the world’s…

Homasote Product Earns CHPS Certification

WEST TRENTON, NJ – Homasote®, the leading manufacturer of quality building products made from recycled materials, announced today it has earned the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Certification for its 440 SoundBarrier® products, joining its current CHPS certified Class A fire-retardant NCFR panels. Made from 98 percent post consumer recycled materials, the 440 SoundBarrier…

Homasote® to Exhibit at Booth #1133 at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo on November 19-21

WEST TRENTON, NJ – Homasote®, the leading manufacturer of quality building products made from recycled materials, will exhibit its versatile product line at the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, one of the most significant tradeshows in the building industry, November 19-21 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts….