Wood Flooring Industry Striving For Greener Harves
St. Louis, MO, Dec. 31--Contrary to popular belief, the commercial forests of the present day U.S. are twice as prosperous as those in the 1960s. Prior to that time, irresponsible practices in lumber related industries, as well as widespread forest fires contributed to depletion of those forests.
"On the 486 million acres of forestland in the U.S. classified as commercial, for every one tree that is cut for lumber, five more are planted in its place," says David Williams, president of the National Wood Flooring Association.
This practice of reforestation has not only doubled the number of trees that are grown in the U.S. today, but works to decrease the chance of disease. Members of the NWFA, as well as non-members in the wood flooring industry, follow strict guidelines to ensure the future of commercial forests as well as the environment as a whole.
As wood flooring is a recyclable flooring option, the practice of renewing wood from old barns, warehouses and other structures is an environmentally friendly, yet design savvy trend available in real wood flooring.
Another such trend is flooring made of sunken wood from the logging practices of yesteryear reclaimed from riverbeds.
