Abstract: A wood screw is proposed for use with a material made mainly of plastic waste and wood chips. The wood screw includes a shank which has leading threads extending from the tip of the tapered portion to an intermediate point of the straight portion and have a first lead angle and a first thread angle. Trailing threads extend from the intermediate point toward a head and have a second lead angle and a second thread angle. The first lead angle is greater than the second lead angle, and the first thread angle is smaller than the second thread angle.