Tag: Formed

The construction industry’s relationship with plastics has historically resembled a bad marriage: plenty of convenience, zero consideration for long-term consequences. But vacuum formed plastics and recycled vacuum formed plastic materials are forcing a fundamental recalibration of that dynamic as LEED v5’s embodied carbon requirements transform recycled content from marketing fluff into mandatory documentation. Developers accustomed…

The construction industry’s relationship with plastics has historically resembled a bad marriage: plenty of convenience, zero consideration for long-term consequences. But vacuum formed plastics and recycled vacuum formed plastic materials are forcing a fundamental recalibration of that dynamic as LEED v5’s embodied carbon requirements transform recycled content from marketing fluff into mandatory documentation. Developers accustomed…