Summer is the time to plant some marigolds and decorate your patio with loungers, lanterns, and anything else that will make it the place you want to hang out 24/7 for the season. But before you opt ...

Folks at C.R. Plastic Products Inc. are too busy to lounge in the high-end recycled plastic outdoor furniture they make in Stratford, Ontario. Sales for the firm have been rising 40 percent a year in ...

GUANGZHOU, CHINA (May 4, 2:20 p.m. ET) — A Taiwanese startup firm, Polyteak Co. Ltd., has developed a proprietary process to make 100 percent polystyrene outdoor furniture that looks and feels like ...

Garden furniture is expensive and wasteful. Yardbird wants to change that, using the direct-to-consumer revolution as a model for its brand of eco-friendly design. Over the last decade, as millennials ...

here's something about the plastic patio chair. No, there's not. And that's what it is about them. Plastic chairs, plastic chairs. Stacking plastic resin chairs. Four high, five high, 20 high. Wipe ...

If you’re wondering how to clean plastic garden furniture, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got a handy step-by-step guide that will leave your outdoor furniture set sparkling quicker than you ...

Clean outdoor furniture twice a year: Before you store it in winter, and when it comes back out in spring. Clean wood and plastic monthly, metal every two weeks, and upholstery, wicker, and stone ...

CHICAGO -- Studies show that the overall recycling rate for all plastics is under 10 percent, and that number is likely much lower for plastic bags since they can't be put in into recycling bins at ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Brenna Houck is a Cities Manager for the Eater network overseeing the Cascadia and Midwest regions. She ...