T2EARTH LLC, the breakthrough, science-based and innovation-driven manufacturer of sustainable, toxic-chemical free, and superior-performance forest products in the green building world with its focus on eco-wood products, debuts OnWoodTM as the Earth’s first ever circular economy, sustainable, Class A, high performance, eco-fire-retardant treated wood (eco-FRTW).
OnWood™ 1.0 qualifies as an Interior Type A (HT) fire-retardant wood in accordance with American Wood Products Association (AWPA) Standard U1. It is the world’s first fully circular economy principles focused, environmentally sustainable Class A, ICC-ES certified, fire-retardant treated wood product. Circular economy products are designed with both their primary use and their end of useful life in mind to maximize both the product and the system in which it is made and used.
The launch of OnWood™ 1.0, builds on T2EARTH’S ground-breaking research and development science and begins the exciting commercial stage for T2EARTH’s ongoing pioneering journey to revolutionizing the preservation and performance of wood, and make wood the world’s leading, high-performance, fully sustainable, affordable building material.
“OnWood™ begins a ground-breaking moment for science and technology based eco-treated wood and sustainable building,” said Joel Kier, T2EARTH’s Co-Founder, and CEO. “OnWood™ is the first dimensional lumber confirmation of our vision to change the paradigm of treated forestry products. Our innovations will accelerate the world into a sustainably built environment by delivering a treated wood that is unmatched (pun intended) as the highest performing, compellingly priced, eco-friendly wood solution usable across key construction and infrastructure applications. We are starting with our OnWood™ 1.0 high performance fire-retardant product that can focus the building industry to sustainably move beyond concrete, steel, and traditional unstainable chemical preservatives. Like the January 9, 2007, change from a flip phone to a smartphone 1.0, we are making history together today!”
T2EARTH is partnered with Pollard Lumber Co., and International Forest Products LLC (IFP), providing it with an immensely effective vertically integrated supply chain that goes from tree to building site. These partners are highly regarded multi-generational forestry product companies that are leaders in their fields.
“We are very excited to be working with the relentless and entrepreneurial team at T2EARTH and to be supporting them by bringing to market OnWood™ as their sales and marketing partner,” said Peter Keyes, Managing Director, Solid Wood Group, International Forest Products, LLC (IFP). “OnWood™ and the T2EARTH team are onto something fantastic. And in that vein, I have no doubts T2EARTH and OnWood™, combined with IFP’s experienced global sales team, will be successful, and we are looking forward to continuing to rollout T2EARTH’s innovative products with a keen interest.”
T2EARTH’s products are manufactured using sustainably harvested wood from Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®), Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®), certified supply chains and other comparably certified sources. Its green, eco-friendly wood treatment, in addition to providing ultra-performance, has no chemical leaching risk to the environment, significantly reducing biosphere problems, disposal costs, and making OnWoodTM a wood industry game-changer.
“We recognized early on in their development that T2EARTH could be very good for both the building industry as well as for the wood products industry, of which we have been an active part now for three generations,” said Robert Pollard, CEO of Pollard Lumber Company, located in Appling, GA. “We have been pleased to provide our forestry and wood manufacturing experience to support the inventive T2EARTH team and are looking forward to continuing our support as they bring their innovation to multiple product markets from dimensional lumber to panels and eventually to engineered wood products.”
The social and environmental benefits of T2EARTH’s eco-friendly, modified wood are significant and include eliminating the need for unsustainable, toxic chemical treated wood used in residential or commercial construction. In addition to being sourced from eco-friendly certified supply sources, T2EARTH’s products reduce carbon impact, petroleum dependence, and exposure of water and wetlands to leaching, toxic treatment chemicals.
