Since 1990, we’ve been transforming plastic into long-lasting outdoor furniture. 30 years later, we’re setting our sights on the larger problem at hand — recovering ocean-bound plastic on a global scale. We’ve now expanded our operations to include plastics sourced from around the world. We are committed to incorporate 1 million pounds of ocean-bound plastic into the production of our outdoor furniture by 2021. With your help, we can source even more. Join the movement and help us clean up our oceans, protect marine life, and enrich the lives of people living in developing nations — all it takes is one Adirondack chair: The Ocean Chair.
By backing our Kickstarter campaign you can make a direct impact by helping us source even more ocean-bound plastics. Each time an Ocean Chair is backed, we will transform an additional 1,000 single-use plastic containers into outdoor furniture.
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If this trend of pouring 8 million metric tons of plastics into our oceans continues without any intervention, that number will double in just 10 years. In 30 years the number will quadruple. Take a second to picture four garbage trucks, filled to the brim with plastic, dumping their contents into the ocean every single minute.
Our mission at POLYWOOD is to recover and transform ocean-bound plastic into durable outdoor furniture that will last for generations.
We’ve expanded our recycling process to incorporate globally-sourced ocean-bound plastic into our on-site plastic recycling center. With 30 years of experience in transforming plastic into beautiful outdoor furniture, we’re in a unique position to spark real change — and you can be part of that change.
We’re committed to incorporate 1 million pounds of ocean-bound plastic into the production of our outdoor furniture by 2021.
Our Design Engineers set out to create an Adirondack that combines everything we’ve learned about recycling and product design over the last 30 years. The Ocean Chair incorporates both ocean-bound and post-consumer plastics while its design pays homage to our beautiful oceans.
When arranged together, all four chairs create a cresting wave — an exclusive design that helps tell the story that these chairs represent.
We believe that because our outdoor furniture lasts for years and years, the color should too. When we create genuine POLYWOOD lumber we blend UV-inhibiting pigments into the HDPE plastic — which means that fade-proof color runs throughout the material, not just on the surface.
Genuine POLYWOOD lumber is ideal for outdoor furniture because it’s a material that can thrive in any climate — it isn’t prone to splinter, crack, chip, peel, or rot. It’s also infinitely recyclable.
Genuine POLYWOOD lumber is made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE for short), an extremely durable type of plastic you’ll find all around your home. Milk jugs, detergent containers, shampoo bottles, and lotion bottles are all made of HDPE (anything with the recycling label #2).
In 2019, we recycled the equivalent of 146,000,000 milk jugs to make our lumber, which is then used to build our vast array of outdoor furnishings. Traditionally, we’ve sourced our post-consumer plastic from U.S. recycling programs. The Ocean Chair represents our initiative to source and recycle ocean-bound plastics from around the world.
Back our project to help stop plastic from entering our oceans AND be one of the first to own The Ocean Chair.
To learn more about our history, our products, and how we transform recycled plastic into outdoor furniture, visit our website at polywood.com.
For the last 30 years, we’ve been transforming recycled plastic into long-lasting outdoor furniture. It’s time to do more — we want to reach more people and places across the world. Through the power of Kickstarter and your support, we can significantly increase our pledge to divert millions of ocean-bound bottles from the ocean.
At POLYWOOD, we have three decades of experience in making long-lasting outdoor furniture, and we’re confident we’ll meet and exceed your expectations. However, it’s possible that unexpected circumstances may arise that cause delays in product delivery. For example, if we receive more orders than we initially anticipated, delivery times may be a bit longer than normal. If this happens we will, of course, keep you updated on the status of your order until it reaches your doorstep.