Trex Executive Receives Award

Roger Wittenberg, executive vice president of Trex Company, Winchester, Va., has won the e-chievement Award from e-town radio for his contributions to the environment.

E-town is a non-profit weekly radio show broadcast on National Public Radio affiliates and commercial stations throughout the United States. The e-chievement Award is made possible by a grant from Whole Foods Market, a major sponsor of the show.

Wittenberg invented the Trex process in 1989. Trex decking and railing is an environmentally responsible decking product that is an approximate 50-50 combination of recycled and reclaimed plastic and waste wood. These are materials that would normally end up in a landfill. Wittenberg estimates that Trex Co. uses approximately 200 million pounds of plastic and about the same amount of waste wood each year. Trex decking contains billions of recycled plastic grocery bags, a major litter and landfill culprit.

An e-town listener nominated Wittenberg for the e-chievement Award after reading about Trex decking and railing in a magazine.

"It's encouraging to be recognized by e-town for our contribution to the environment," Wittenberg says. "I hope it inspires other companies to achieve success while being sensitive to the needs of the earth. Trex Co. has done an amazing job of branding this alternative decking product, which also contains no toxic chemicals nor does it require chemical treatment to keep from rotting or deteriorating," he says. Trex decking and railing is splinter-free and hassle-free for homeowners, and can be curved into unique designs. We've turned waste materials into a viable, useful product that solves many problems associated with exterior wood for homeowners."

To hear Roger Wittenberg's interview on e-town, tune in the week of July 24 – 30. You can find your local station on the e-town web site at www.etown.org.