The UK distributor of a unique outdoor furniture brand is calling on sports and leisure venues to support the SKY Ocean Rescue campaign, by ensuring that their bar, terrace and hospitality areas are not adding to the issue of plastic waste in the world’s oceans.
Rondeau Leisure is fully behind the SKY Ocean Rescue campaign that saw 20,000 reusable water bottles distributed at the Kia Oval, to promote the environmental issue of plastic waste being dumped in the world’s oceans. The reason for its wholehearted support is that its own Pacific Ocean outdoor furniture brand is produced from recycled plastic cartons that would otherwise add to the landfill problem, or find their way into the oceans.
Whilst a lot of plastic and rattan outdoor furniture actually adds to the issue of plastic waste, because it has a short life and has to quickly be scrapped, Pacific Ocean furniture tackles the problem head on, by turning waste plastic into something beautiful, durable and capable of lasting for 10 years or longer. Not creating more plastic waste due to continuously replacing outdoor furniture is a lesson many sports and leisure venues need to learn.
The fact that the Pacific Ocean range of chairs, tables, stools, loveseats and benches is made from plastic milk cartons that has been through an advanced moulded extrusion process never ceases to amaze people, as the furniture has the same warmth and grain as wood, but without any issues such as rotting, splitting, cracking, fading or being burnt by cigarettes.
It is also resistant to anything British weather can throw at it. Chairs are super-comfy, fixings are made from marine-grade steel that won’t rust, and 16 different colours make the range bright and beautiful.
A stylish Adirondack chair is made from 579 plastic milk cartons, whilst a trendy bar stool is formed from around 209.
The Midland Hotel in Morecambe has gone big on its environmental message, installing a ‘Big Yellow Chair’ that is impossible to miss from the resort’s promenade. The chair measures 2.59 metres high, by 1.9 metres wide, with a length of 2.05 metres and weight of nearly 312kg, is formed from 6,508 plastic milk cartons and comes with an accompanying step formed from 711! Other venues could also make a statement.
Rondeau Leisure’s managing director, Stuart Cooke, says: “The plastic waste issue is about more than just water bottles. Sports, leisure and hospitality providers – even care homes and hospitals – need to get on board by not buying plastic furniture that has to be scrapped after a season or two. We have a wide range of options for any venue wishing to get on board and help divert plastic waste from landfill and areas where it can be blown or washed into the ocean. After all, 80 per cent of the plastic in the ocean comes from inland areas.”
More information about Pacific Ocean furniture can be found at www.rondeauleisure.com
