Thick Chipboard

Demand for eco-friendly items is still on the rise

Comparison-shopping for just the right product now includes a demand for the lowest carbon footprint.

When shoppers are given choices, for example, many say that eco-friendly products are a meaningful way to make an individual contribution to the good health of the planet.

"If that many people come together and act on their convictions to reduce chemicals and contaminants from reaching landfill, it's going to make such a difference to protecting our land, air, and waterways," says Steve Matyas, president of office supplies retailer, Staples Canada.

Recycling is a continuous service at Staples where handy, in-store bins for used ink and toner cartridges, rechargeable batteries and unwanted cell phones, make it easy to discard these toxic items.

"And in keeping with this commitment, our stores have also stocked the shelves with at least 2,000 eco-friendly products," Matyas continued. "As a low-cost retailer, it's important for us to weigh value alongside our environmental impact. The answer was to give Canadian shoppers a lot of choice in sustainable products and supplies."

Details about these items are available online at www.staples/environmentfrom/community. Here's a snapshot of just a few:

• Eco-friendly notebooks by Staples, made from 80 percent bagasse, a sugarcane waste by product. The bagasse line also uses eco-conscious vegetable and water-based inks for printing.

• Exercise books by Hilroy are made from 30 percent post-consumer waste and environmentally friendly ink.

• Scissors byWestcot KleenEarth have green handles made from 70 percent recycled plastic. And, the microband handles also have antibacterial protection against the growth of germs.

• Eco Easyreport covers by Staples are not only reusable, they are made with a starch-based cellulose and that makes them biodegradable.

• Chipboard binders by Avery are made 100 per cent recycled chipboard.

"Perhaps of equal importance, our company goal is to eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from all brand packaging by the fall of 2010," Matyas said. "Customers tell us they want the most eco-friendly products available, so this year we've taken the initiative to develop PVC-free packaging. Once in place, shoppers can be confidant about this environmental contribution with any Staples item they buy."

Comparison-shopping for just the right product now includes a demand for the lowest carbon footprint.

When shoppers are given choices, for example, many say that eco-friendly products are a meaningful way to make an individual contribution to the good health of the planet.

"If that many people come together and act on their convictions to reduce chemicals and contaminants from reaching landfill, it's going to make such a difference to protecting our land, air, and waterways," says Steve Matyas, president of office supplies retailer, Staples Canada.

Recycling is a continuous service at Staples where handy, in-store bins for used ink and toner cartridges, rechargeable batteries and unwanted cell phones, make it easy to discard these toxic items.

"And in keeping with this commitment, our stores have also stocked the shelves with at least 2,000 eco-friendly products," Matyas continued. "As a low-cost retailer, it's important for us to weigh value alongside our environmental impact. The answer was to give Canadian shoppers a lot of choice in sustainable products and supplies."

Details about these items are available online at www.staples/environmentfrom/community. Here's a snapshot of just a few:

• Eco-friendly notebooks by Staples, made from 80 percent bagasse, a sugarcane waste by product. The bagasse line also uses eco-conscious vegetable and water-based inks for printing.

• Exercise books by Hilroy are made from 30 percent post-consumer waste and environmentally friendly ink.

• Scissors byWestcot KleenEarth have green handles made from 70 percent recycled plastic. And, the microband handles also have antibacterial protection against the growth of germs.

• Eco Easyreport covers by Staples are not only reusable, they are made with a starch-based cellulose and that makes them biodegradable.

• Chipboard binders by Avery are made 100 per cent recycled chipboard.

"Perhaps of equal importance, our company goal is to eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from all brand packaging by the fall of 2010," Matyas said. "Customers tell us they want the most eco-friendly products available, so this year we've taken the initiative to develop PVC-free packaging. Once in place, shoppers can be confidant about this environmental contribution with any Staples item they buy."

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Secret nailing oak floors?

Im about to lay solid oak flooring, the boards are 18mm thick and i have a wooden sub base(chipboard) which im nailing straight in to, but the nailer im hiring is uses 50mm nails is that to long.

50mm nails penetrate to a depth of 26mm @ 45 degrees assuming its a 20mm thick oak floor , which would be 8mm through the sub floor and into any pipes wires etc 38mm floor nails are what should be used if you had a suitable sub floor

Chipboard is a brittle material to nail to and has far less holding capacity than timber or ply, as a member of the British wood flooring assosiation I'd strongly advise that you use a hardwood flooring screw called tongue tite, they are a hidden fixing and a box of 200 will cover about 7 sq m if fitting a 5'' oak plank floor

A succesful floor instalation starts with proper acclimatisation, a minimum of 3 weeks for solid flooring regards less of what it says on the box. This time of year humidty is low you need to insure that relative humidity is above 40% while you are acclimatising thet flooring

http://www.screwfix.com/cats/A454312/Screws/Interior-Wood-Screws/Screw-Tite/Tongue-Tite-Screws

Potato shot at 60 psi through two layers of 1'' chipboard

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