This is a tough question and we’d love to hear your thoughts.

Here’s the situation: if a chair, for example, is made from recycled plastic then is it ‘green’ because no new resources were used to make it? or is it ‘not green’ because it’s made out of plastic that off-gasses?

Hmmmm….perhaps both points are valid.

1. The Green Side. One of the biggest issues with saving the environment is that we need to preserve our natural resources (such as wood, coal, gas and oil). When we take a plastic product, like plastic bottles or bags, and turn them into a new product through recycling, we are not 1. depleting natural resources to make new products, and 2. filling our landfills and earth by throwing the old plastic away.

2. The Not Green Side. Still, there is a misconception that happens when people take products made from plastic (non-green) materials and recycle them into a new product. The issue is that people call them ‘green’ which makes buyers/users of the product think that it’s safe and non-toxic. But plastics are not natural fibers, they are human-made, and contain varying levels of toxins.

What do you think? Green or Not Green? Tell us in the comments below!

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