There are lots of beautiful things to see in the forest, but you don't typically expect to see a large graffiti banner. One ...

An 80-year history The story of the plastic chair began in the United States in the 1930s, when petrochemical manufacturers DuPont and Rohm & Haas started mass-producing acrylic glass.

According to the Sea Chair website, nurdles have not yet been injection-molded, making them ideal for production. The Nurdler is a bit like the Sea Chair project's equivalent of panning for gold.

The black chair is constructed from recycled plastic sheets made by Netherlands-based The Good Plastics Company from e-waste, such as discarded laptops and computers. Top image: the chair is made ...

Doug Rassi, founder and CEO of Polywood, which makes outdoor furniture crafted from recycled plastic, saw the problem of plastic waste looming over 30 years ago and decided to act. His company ...

[Image: courtesy Heller] Here’s how it works: The powder enzyme, developed by a company called Worry Free Plastics, makes plastic more enticing for microorganisms to eat, essentially ...

It’s available in 32 colorways for $1,200, which is in the midrange of the task-chair continuum (Yves Behar’s popular Sayl chair retails for roughly half of that, whereas Vitra’s Apple ...

The chair is simple: a piece of plastic, often white, with an accented backrest. Its ubiquity, however, is what makes it beloved — even to superstars such as Bad Bunny, whose new album “Debí ...

The 80-year history of the plastic chair was the focus of my Ph.D. This humble, ubiquitous object offers unique insights into society's shifting attitudes to plastic, and the changes to come.