Your Environmentally Best Choice For Outdoor Furniture And Accessories
Looking for Outdoor Furniture and Garden Accessories? It can be a bit overwhelming! There are so many factors to consider: size of your space, durability, style, maintenance, AND is it a "green" alternative? If you want to pick the most environmentally best choice, look to products made out of Western Red Cedar.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Those are the key words to think of when trying to do the best thing for the earth, AND yourself.
Renewable is another word that carries weight when speaking "green".
Why not think about this when you are choosing your outdoor furniture? Wood can be recycled, it can be regenerated, and it is the only renewable building material.
There are strict reforestation standards in effect for both the U.
S.
and Canada.
Did you know that compared to 100 years ago, North American now has more forestland? It's grown 20% since 1970.
Forestation adds oxygen to the environment, and "absorbs" carbon dioxide.
That sounds like a great trade-off! Other products made of cement, plastic, or even steel use up earth's resources and just cannot be replaced.
Statistics show that wood products make up almost half of all the raw materials manufactured in the U.
S.
, about 47%.
But, the energy consumption used to manufacture is only 4%! Let's take a look at how much steel uses for comparison: 21 times the energy to produce, and it releases more than 15 times the sulfur dioxide.
To manufacture wood you use 53% less energy than steel and 120% less energy than concrete.
What this means is more fossil fuels saved with less air and water pollution.
Western Red Cedar outdoor furniture lasts for decades with just a bit of attention.
When it finally does outlive its usefulness, it is fully biodegradable.
It won't be cluttering up landfills.
Also, Western Red Cedar is not treated to last outdoors, it has natural preservatives inherent in its cedar fibers.
So, no petroleum-based products are used on cedar.
It's all natural.
And, Cedar's Flame Spread and Smoke Development Ratings exceed the safety classification, which means it doesn't require a preservative treatment.
There are other reasons to choose Western Red Cedar over plastic, resin, and even other wood species, than just its environmental benefits.
It also has a natural resistance to decay, insects, rot, warping.
It stays cool in the heat of summer.
It is a lightweight, but stable wood.
It even smells great! Western Red Cedar is a beautiful wood, with a warmth you can't get from other products.
It doesn't take much maintenance and is easily restored to its original condition.
Plus, compared with composite or plastic products you could spend much less on Cedar.
So, now when you are researching options for your outdoor spaces, you're armed with knowledge.
How can you go wrong with Clear-Grain Western Red Cedar? You can get one of the best materials for outdoor furniture and still be kind to the earth.
It's an all around great choice!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Those are the key words to think of when trying to do the best thing for the earth, AND yourself.
Renewable is another word that carries weight when speaking "green".
Why not think about this when you are choosing your outdoor furniture? Wood can be recycled, it can be regenerated, and it is the only renewable building material.
There are strict reforestation standards in effect for both the U.
S.
and Canada.
Did you know that compared to 100 years ago, North American now has more forestland? It's grown 20% since 1970.
Forestation adds oxygen to the environment, and "absorbs" carbon dioxide.
That sounds like a great trade-off! Other products made of cement, plastic, or even steel use up earth's resources and just cannot be replaced.
Statistics show that wood products make up almost half of all the raw materials manufactured in the U.
S.
, about 47%.
But, the energy consumption used to manufacture is only 4%! Let's take a look at how much steel uses for comparison: 21 times the energy to produce, and it releases more than 15 times the sulfur dioxide.
To manufacture wood you use 53% less energy than steel and 120% less energy than concrete.
What this means is more fossil fuels saved with less air and water pollution.
Western Red Cedar outdoor furniture lasts for decades with just a bit of attention.
When it finally does outlive its usefulness, it is fully biodegradable.
It won't be cluttering up landfills.
Also, Western Red Cedar is not treated to last outdoors, it has natural preservatives inherent in its cedar fibers.
So, no petroleum-based products are used on cedar.
It's all natural.
And, Cedar's Flame Spread and Smoke Development Ratings exceed the safety classification, which means it doesn't require a preservative treatment.
There are other reasons to choose Western Red Cedar over plastic, resin, and even other wood species, than just its environmental benefits.
It also has a natural resistance to decay, insects, rot, warping.
It stays cool in the heat of summer.
It is a lightweight, but stable wood.
It even smells great! Western Red Cedar is a beautiful wood, with a warmth you can't get from other products.
It doesn't take much maintenance and is easily restored to its original condition.
Plus, compared with composite or plastic products you could spend much less on Cedar.
So, now when you are researching options for your outdoor spaces, you're armed with knowledge.
How can you go wrong with Clear-Grain Western Red Cedar? You can get one of the best materials for outdoor furniture and still be kind to the earth.
It's an all around great choice!
