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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>I can’t argue with first looking to avoid PT Lumber -- a recycled-content (non-vinyl) composite or bamboo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>But if you can’t avoid PT, check out Anchorseal - <a href="http://uccoatings.com/products/anchorseal/">http://uccoatings.com/products/anchorseal/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Jason Holstine</span></b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Amicus Green Building Center</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>“Sustain Your Space”</span></i><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>e: jason@amicusgreen.com</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>w: www.amicusgreen.com</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>p: 301-571-8590</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>f: 301-571-8597</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>tf: 866-587-9140</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Greenbuilding <greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org> on behalf of Tim Keating <t.keating@rainforestrelief.org><br><b>Organization: </b>Rainforest Relief<br><b>Reply-To: </b>Green Building <greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, July 29, 2016 at 10:54 AM<br><b>To: </b><greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Greenbuilding] Alternatives to Copper Green<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p>I think the answer would be (have been?) to not use pressure-treated wood for the deck. There are a lot of greener options for decking that don’t involve any chemical preservatives.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Tim<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/27/16 6:30 PM, Antonioli Dan wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>I have a deck project coming up that will require the use of copper green to treat the cut ends of pressure-treated wood. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I was hoping to find a viable alternative to copper green but am not coming up with much, and nothing from our local lumber yards that proudly advertise themselves as committed to green building and green products. They carry some green products but for the most part are not very green, and my inquires about wood treatment have not resulted in anything other than conventional knowledge. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Any products anyone has used with good results? I have a respirator and latex gloves and will use copper green if necessary, but I’d like to think that by now we’d have a viable alternative to PT!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Dan<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Greenbuilding mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><img border=0 width=32 height=32 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:part1.A7FB8EEE.D01D7C87@rainforestrelief.org"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ Greenbuilding mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>