One of the main reasons for using WPCs is environmental. The environmental pressures on industry in terms of recycling and sustainability are growing daily. There is a clear need to extend the life cycle of traditional building materials such as wood. This resource efficient use of materials that are currently seen as waste supports the developing concept of sustainable development.

For users of plastics products there is a need to reduce the dependence on petrochemicals with their rising and cyclical raw materials costs.

For users of wood products there is a need to improve the resource efficiency and to recycle the raw materials waste that inevitably occurs. WPCs increase the efficiency of wood usage by up to 40% compared to traditional wood processing.

WPCs provide other environmental benefits such as:

There is negligible waste and any that is produced reused.

WPCs contain no formaldehyde or volatile organic compounds.

WPCs are recyclable and can be reground and reused after their service life.

WPCs are considered nonhazardous waste and can be disposed of by standard methods. The basic material structure of WPCs means that leaching from WPCs is minimal to non-existent.

WPCs are environmentally friendly materials.