Uniform recycled plastic chairs @ £200 or refurbished odd wood @ £15?

Question

To buy 60 for a cafe for a "Waste neutral" company.

Answer 1

Wood ones.

You can save money and recycle at the same time!

Answer 2

Definatly the wooden ones, the plastic ones will be around for thousands of years even after they are broken, the wooden ones should last a long time, but when there time come can be made into other things or be alowed to decompose.

Definatly go for the wooden ones.  Although consider where they have been shipped from too and maybe ofset any emissions by planting a few trees in the garden

Answer 3

Wood ones,, Why.

1 made from an already sustainable source.

2 more in line with the character of your cafe.

3 when broken in the future can be reused for other things

or recycled.

4 easily painted with approved environmentally friendly paints.

Good luck on your venture

Answer 4

I'd buy the wood ones.

You are still recycling.

Answer 5

Definitely wood...can't believe Eden project used plastic! How poor is that?!! Wood looks much better anyway

Answer 6

Wood.  Traditional and have character.

Plastic chairs are made from petroleum.  Buying them encourages manufacturers to make more plastic goods, and we all know oil is costly already, and many products with oil-based packaging are rising in prices.  *All plastic is oil-based.