Collins Introduces FSC-Certified TruWood Siding

The new TruWood siding is certified under FSC’s partial-content rules and includes an actual certified fiber content of 32%, according to Cami Waner of the company. The certified fiber comes primarily from the Collins Lakeview Forest in Lakeview, Oregon, with some also coming from the Collins Almanor Forest in Northern California. Most of the fiber is ponderosa and lodgepole pine, though about 20% is a mixture of hemlock and fir. As with all TruWood products, this siding is also certified by Scientific Certification Systems as containing a minimum of 50% recycled or recovered wood fiber (minimum 4% post-consumer recycled, 20% post-industrial recycled, and the remainder “recovered”).

Along with being less expensive, Waner told