Agriboard Industries
Fairfield, Iowa
- Manufacture an Oriented Strand Board (OSB) from waste agricultural straw.
- In 1996, their target was to produce 200,000 sq ft of structural panels, enough for about 500 homes, from 900 tons of straw. Over the next seven years, the company hopes to triple production volume. It anticipates that it will cost considerably less to construct with OSB than to build a conventional stick frame home.

Biocomp
Institute of Ecolonomics, p.o. box 500, Ridgeway, CA 81432
- Biocomp contains half recycled plastic and half agricultural residue left over from wheat, barley, oat and rice production.
- It is twice as strong as Douglas fir, termite-proof, impervious to water and can be made fire-retardant. It can be moulded to any shape and easily worked with saws, nails and screws.
- "Twenty percent of the wastestream is plastic; farmers discard tons of biomass after crops are harvested. Why chop down trees when we have an available resource that will do the job better and cost less?" says a spokesperson.

C & S Specialty Builders Supply
23005 North Coburg Road, Harrisburg, OR 97446
- Researches and produces hemp composite construction materials.

The CanFibre Group Ltd
6 Eva Rd, Suite 6000, Toronto, Ontario M9C 2A8, Canada
-Makers of Urban Waste MDF, which is a fibreboard made from demolition timber and old pallets. Used so far for interior applications and furniture. Evanite Fiber Corporation
Corvallis, OR
- Manufactures a hardboard for use as panelling and 'pegboard'. Forty eight percent of the board is made from urban wood waste and 45 percent from scrap pallets, shakes and utility spools. Only 5 percent is derived from virgin wood fibre. They make 1.5 million cubic feet of hardboard from 40,500 tons of waste wood fibres.

Gridcore Systems International
1400 Canal Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813
- Gridcore is a honeycombed solid panel made of 100% post-consumer recycled fibres, including waste corrugated cardboard, newsprint, 100% recycled paper, mechanically pulped urban wood waste, and agricultural fibres, such as jute and kenaf and also rice hulls. It is a chemical/toxin-free board that has many applications, including furniture, stage sets, doors, ceilings and walls.
- Gridcore's new plant will produce approximately 6.3 million sq ft of panels from 3100 tons of waste fibres.

Homasote Company
Box 7240, W. Trenton, NJ 08628
- Homasote has been making panel products from recycled paper for the past 90 years. They manufacture different board materials from recycled materials that don't contain urea formaldehyde or asbestos and is resistant to termites and fungi. Used as exterior structural board, sheathing, roof decking, insulation, floor decking, interior panels, and fire-rated products.
- Their boards can be sawed, drilled and fastened to other boards, while providing on average, better sound and thermal insulation with lighter weight than traditional wood.

Isobord Industries
Toronto, Canada
- Makers of industrial grade particle board from wheatstraw. (Local farmers have reaped a windfall by being able to sell their straw 'waste' for processing.

Rivenite Corporation
6121 Highway 98 North, Lakeland, FL 33809
- Rivenite is a product composed of wood fibre and scrap plastics, with no added chemicals or toxins. The wood chips give it a more wood-like appearance. Uses include picnic tables, park benches, playground equipment, signs, rubbish bins, bike racks, windowsills, door frames, industrial flooring, boat docks, seawalls, boardwalks and marina decking and custom designs.

Rodman Industries
p.o. box 76, Marinette, WI 54143 - Manufactures a formaldehyde-free particleboard called Resincore, a composite of sawdust, phenolic resin and wax. It can be used as a substrate for lamination, cabinetry and general interior construction.

Simplex Products
p.o. box 10, Adrian, Michigan 49221-0010
- Manufactures Thermoply fibreboard, made of 100% recycled materials such as cardboard boxes, office waste, mill waste and manufacturing scrap. Can be used as an energy-efficient alternative for structural or exterior sheathing.
- A new product is their lauan-free, 95% recycled 'Studio Board', which is being adopted by major movie studios in place of rainforest-derived lauan timber. Studio Board is proving to be equal to the rigorous demands of set builders, and can be recycled or reused on other movie sets.

Stramit USA
East Loop 143, Perryton, Texas 79070
- Manufactures strawboard panels made of 100% wheat straw core and a facing of recycled paper. Uses include interior walls, office petitions, door cores, ceilings and walls.

Unicor Corporation
24271 Larkwood Lane, Lake Forest, CA 92630
- Manufactures Unicor, a panel made from 90% recycled wood materials with a polythene coating, developed as a lauan alternative in the RV (rainforest veneer) industry.