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TRADE ONLY July 199 <br /> Page 42 — <br /> (� 4: <br /> �. ..:4yr.• a . . <br /> t • t: <br /> . :lrt�-e - • <br /> • • <br /> • <br /> ' • - r <br /> • -- -- -.- -- -4r <br /> _ -✓ _ _ � ~ — f _.�M -_ <br /> - <br /> ••• • / ' K illi <br /> llit , I <br /> , . fob • L_____:— i ____.. if._. <br /> •=1.._.64r .r_ t� •`'- 4r*=+s - +".�_ �f <br /> r — <br /> =4. tib`= .r �.mi op- <br /> - <br /> M•mbers <br /> - <br /> Members of the Bay Shore Yacht Club boner*their plastic docks and bulidioed*will prove to be a cost-raring btve0111*M OW MO*MI#s <br /> Lumber with a 50-year �uar to <br /> Advocates of plastic say durabilityI <br /> in marine use offsets higher costs <br /> couldn't go esti!to the taxpayers 4 -. <br /> 9y Ebbs Hjersa <br /> Staff WAN every few years." - <br /> The villein,chose ThMlumber an I• 4 •- <br /> When four-yearwid wooden manufactured in nearby Ronkonko- <br /> bulkheads in Brightwa- ma.The three-year-old company • <br /> - <br /> tern, N.Y.. an Long Is- uses ground-up plastic bottles. -. i <br /> land's Great South Bay combined with 20 percent loose r- �� " <br /> began failing, village officials fiberglass and extruded into a vara• • -r' �` .._ 2 <br /> looked for an alt�ttive to the ma- ety of planks and posts.Three col- ' - <br /> rine-grads treated lumber they'd ors are available-grey,green and irk ` 1 L <br /> • <br /> always used. brown-and the lumber can be pro- ..` 4 __-- - - <br /> The village opted to clad the ws- doted in any length. , <br /> Y <br /> terfront in plastic. with lumbar TYilvlax lumber costs about 60 t`., <br /> made from recycled bottles,When percent more than treated wood. • <br /> the project is completed this sum- says John R. Ronback of Atni- <br /> mer,Brightwaters'nearly mile-long tyville,N.Y..the marine construe- - <br /> bulkhead will be the longest plastic lion contractor who installed the __,.r - . <br /> sea wall to the country,says village Bri htwaters bulkhead and a dl.- - '+.-. <br /> en Dan?alum. tributor for TriMas.But install*- - <br /> • <br /> 1 • t was obvious we had to try tion costs are the same.Ronbacic <br /> something different,"says Falaaco. says,so the total mets are just 10- John R. Ronback supervises the construction of a bulkhPeadQM <br /> 1 'it's an expensive project. We 15 percent atom Canal In Brightwaters,N.Y.,using lumber made of reerNed • <br /> I <br /> i . <br /> I <br /> 1 ` <br />