Herman Miller has reintroduced the Eames Molded Plastic Dining Chair with 99 percent recycled plastic and a new ...

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.

[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 ...

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 ...

In 2002, French designer Philippe Starck reimagined the chair design in a revolutionary way: He made it plastic. A solid piece of clear plastic, to be specific. View this post on Instagram ...

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 ...

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.

An Oregon man, Don Myron, 56, escaped a raging wildfire in Little North Canyon by hiding behind a green plastic chair while on a rock in the middle of the Little Santiam River ...

What makes one descendant of the Charles and Ray Eames Molded Plastic Chair a $64 bargain and another a $1,500 design-budget incinerator? Take our interactive quiz, then find out.

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.