| With all the time invested in selecting your perfect | | | | great source for producing an eco-friendly |
| patio furniture, it is now important to select the | | | | product. |
| ideal covers. Covering your outdoor furniture has | | | | Another variable in the eco-friendly equation is |
| evolved greatly over the years. Gone are the | | | | packaging. A great determinant of an eco-friendly |
| days of struggling to tie a tarp or some ill fitting | | | | patio furniture cover is the type and degree of |
| piece of plastic over your precious patio furniture | | | | packaging materials. Products are available which |
| and hoping for the best. With all the options on | | | | utilize a minimum of paper and cardboard |
| the market, it is comforting to know that | | | | materials. Also, printing with soy inks emit less |
| eco-friendly versions are available. | | | | VOC and use less non-renewable petroleum. |
| What constitutes an eco-friendly patio furniture | | | | Looking for companies that support various |
| cover? The goal is a finished product with | | | | environmental organizations with their products is |
| exceptional quality that contains less harmful | | | | a great way to determine if a patio furniture |
| products and creates fewer chemicals during | | | | cover is eco-friendly. 1% For The Planet and Earth |
| production. Is this an achievable goal with today's | | | | Share Washington are examples of organizations |
| technology? Thankfully it is. | | | | that receive support through |
| One common solution is to use recycled materials | | | | environmentally-friendly company contributions. |
| in the manufacturing process of eco-friendly | | | | It is possible to protect those beautiful garden |
| covers for outdoor furnishings. Recycled plastic | | | | furnishings and help to protect our delicate earth. |
| water bottles are one very common material | | | | A little time and research is all that is needed to |
| which is relatively easily converted to weather | | | | find the perfect eco-friendly outdoor furniture |
| resistant covers. With more than 2.4 billion pounds | | | | covers available on the market today. |
| of plastic available for recycling each year, this is a | | | | |