Recycled Plastic Is 10x More Toxic, and This Chair Contains None
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The furniture industry has been slow to reckon with its reliance on plastic. From injection-molded shells to synthetic fabrics, plastic finds its way into even the most design-forward pieces. Recycling has long been positioned as the answer, but the numbers don’t hold up. Only 19% of plastic produced globally actually gets recycled, and incineration, a practice that releases pollutants into the air, has surged 34% recently.
Matthew Whatley came to this problem not as a materials scientist,
Matthew Whatley came to this problem not as a materials scientist,
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