Solid Wood bookcases may not be available anymore from furniture stores if the environmentalists have their way. They will be replaced by bookcases made of plastic and PVC materials that have been recycled from garbage. Wood will no longer be used if the ban on cutting of trees goes full blast, if only to save the forests from disappearing completely from the globe.

The two major environmental problems of global warming and the rising world temperatures are attributed to the imbalance of the atmosphere due to the lack of trees, after years of cutting them down for lumber in the housing industry and for the making of kids bookcases in the furniture business. Tress which kept the balance before in the environment have been abused too much. If humanity is to find correct solution to the two problems now, it will be imperative to restore the forests of the world.    

This new plastic and PVC material that can replace wood comes from the recycling industry which is now fast growing throughout the world, as the new source of construction materials for houses, or for items like furniture and bookcases for the kids. When there is no more wood to use the making of bookcases will have to end, and give way to the new types of bookcases from the synthetic materials.

The development pf the recycling industry augurs well for the world’s environment, which has been having the huge problem of how to dispose of non- biodegradable garbage for the past many years. These huge garbage piles of plastic, iron and glass have become a major headache in many cities in all countries because they do not rot and become part of the earth's soil cover. Now, that will no longer be the case as the makers of the wood bookcases before will now source their raw materials from recyclable plastics and other synthetic type materials.

These big piles of non-biodegradable garbage were eyesores in many places used as garbage dumps before the people thought of the idea of recycling them to make other items used for many other purposes, including the making of plastic bookcases to replace the banned natural wood bookcases. Since the time that recycling has become an accepted practice, the piles of non-biodegradable garbage are disappearing, leaving only the garbage items that can rot after a number of years.

In many countries now, you can always see big trucks hauling all kinds of recyclables to the factories ready to receive them for melting into new usable materials for the manufacture of new furniture like table, chairs, bookcases, and even ready-made doors that can be installed right away in the construction industry. 

Buyers of the wood bookcases and other furniture items before will even welcome the new bookcases made of plastic and other synthetic materials as they are actually stronger and more durable, unlike wood which deteriorates fast especially if the wood termites start eating them up. They are also lighter to move around, if there is a need to do so.

As they are also painted or varnished like wood, the new synthetic bookcases appear as attractive as the wood bookcases selling before. Some of these new bookcases can even pass as wooden in appearance, as some clever varnishing with brown colors can make them look like they are made of wood. This illusion at least can satisfy the egos of those who were particular in the appearance of their furniture before as hard wood. The antique furniture dealers will still be happy selling their “antique-looking” chairs and tables later, but the cleverly varnished plastic types.