Go Green for St. Patrick’s Day
While your friends are out celebrating the holiday, you’ve got more pressing matters to attend to today. Namely, now’s the time to start thinking about investing in some new patio furniture. To be sure, all of the luck o’ the Irish won’t help in what can be a difficult decision.
One way in which you can ring in the holiday is to go green– figuratively speaking—by choosing eco-friendly poly resin furniture. Sure, wood, metal and wicker, are all popular and classic choices for patio furniture, but resin has come a long way from the flimsy plastic furniture of yore. Easy to clean, store, lift and maintain, resin may be the best thing that’s happened to your backyard in a long time. And did I mention that it’s good for the environment? Here’s why.
1. Recycled materials
A lot of resin furniture is made partially or entirely from PCW (post-consumer waste) recycled plastics. The high-density material found in packaging, milk jugs, detergent bottles, garbage cans and more is perfect for transforming into durable, waterproof outdoor furniture.
2. Renewable resource
Unlike wood, plastic is a synthetic, renewal resource. It can be cheaply and easily reproduced in mass quantities without causing deforestation, destroying natural habitats and causing unnecessary harm to the environment, as is the case with over-logging and bad lumber harvesting practices.
3. Green companies
Some companies, in their effort to be even more eco-friendly, will “green” their practices, meaning that they try and find ways to use the least amount of energy and emit the smallest amount of ground and air pollution as a result of their production. For example, many companies donate to the Carbon Fund, use energy efficient machines and recycled packaging, and monitor their waste output. You too can help in the green initiative by supporting local businesses, thereby limiting the carbon emissions and gasoline consumed when shipping products across the country, and oftentimes farther away than that.
4. Long-lasting
Because resin is such a durable and long-lasting material, you won’t have to waste resources (or your money!) buying new furniture every few years. And being so easy to take care of, you will save money in the long-term on cleaners, paints and finishes required of other patio furniture.
So this St. Patrick’s Day, going green can mean a whole new you. Even if you’re not in the market for new furniture, greening your routine can be as simple as switching out your old light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs. After all, every little bit helps!
