Bamboo
Product Highlights: Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on the planet, making it a cost effective, renewable material that is environmentally friendly. It is stronger than wood, making it a great material for furniture.
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Cork
Product Highlights: Cork is a great renewable resource that comes from the outer bark of the cork oak tree, without harming the tree.
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Pros: Cork is light weight, durable, and sustainable.
Cons: Top quality cork can be expensive.
FSC Certified Wood
Product Highlights: If you are looking for the more traditional wood aesthetic for your home furniture, makes sure that it comes from FSC certified wood.
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Pros: FSC certified wood comes from forests that are sustainably maintained.
Reclaimed Wood
Product Highlights: Wood made from recycled materials, specifically used wood that has been taken in and reused to create new furniture.
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Pros: Recycled wood doesn't cut down new trees and keeps old wood out of land fills.
Cons: Reclaimed wood is often more expensive than new wood due to expenses in dismantling, sorting, and preparing.
Recycled Metal & Plastic
Product Highlights: Similar to using reclaimed wood to create new furniture pieces, metal and plastic are recyclable, meaning furniture can be made from recycled pieces, and can later be recycled again--making metal and plastic great renewable resources, in a certain sense.
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Pros: Recycled materials use less resources and require less processing. Using recycled materials creates a bigger market for them!
