Single-use plastics are one of the biggest polluters today. The problem is they are designed to be disposable and then intentionally thrown away, with no way to recycle many of them. Some single-use plastic items you see today are straws,...
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Category: Recycled Furniture
How to Shop with Recycling in Mind
Suppose you've decided that recycling is important and want to "step up" your recycling game. In that case, consider shopping with recycling in mind, which requires you to think proactively when making a purchase. Think of the item's usability and...
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Interesting and Fun Facts About Plastic Recycling
At Polly Products, a big part of our job is to care about plastic recycling. Many of our employees work here because they are invested in making a positive environmental impact with their work. However, we don’t just care because...
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Product Spotlight: Polly Product’s Green-Scapes Collection
Polly Products manufactures durable outdoor furniture products for the public. Because these products are made from recycled HDPE (high-density polyethylene), they are ideal for sustainably-minded schools, cities, parks, zoos, resorts, amusement parks, and so much more. We commit to being...
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Fast Furniture and Why It’s a Problem
“Fast fashion” is a major part of sustainability discussions, but we believe that “fast furniture” should be, too! Unthinkable numbers of large furniture pieces are thrown into landfills every single year. A recent EPA estimate is that 9 million tons...
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What Happens to Your Plastic If It’s Not Recycled?
Plastic is one of the most popular materials on the planet. And while it was initially invented with good intentions because of its many benefits - such as its’ light weight, durability, and resistance to water - the production and...
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Holding Producers Responsible for Their Products & Packaging
Plastic waste is a huge problem across the world and is largely responsible for the pollution of natural environments and the spread and ingestion of microplastics in virtually every corner of the globe. So many products that we use...
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What Is Food Grade Plastic?
While you might refer to plastic as if it were only one kind of material, plastics can vary greatly and serve different purposes. For example, some plastics are more flexible and lightweight, such as those used for plastic bags, while...
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All Plastics Are Not Created Equal
The development of plastics may have been revolutionary back in the mid-century, but now they are a revolting problem. Plastics were initially more of a boon than a bane because they were lightweight, long-lasting, and durable, which was a much...
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Plastic Pollution: How It Affects our Environment and Health
Plastic waste and the pollution that results from the use of plastics is extremely damaging to both the planet and to humans. Every year, nearly 300 million tons of plastic waste is produced on a global scale. And in the...
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Is Recycling a Fraud?
Is Recycling A Fraud, by Chaz Miller, Waste 360 Over the last few years, recycling has been subject to a barrage of bad press. First it was the bad markets caused largely by the Chinese decision to ban the imports...
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Recycled Plastic Furniture And Circularity
Circularity is just what it sounds like, materials never leaving the circle. In our industry, it refers to using recycled materials in manufacturing products and then those products being recycled and reused to manufacture new parts. Nothing goes to waste...
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