Coca-Cola, Emeco Create Chair from Recycled PET Bottles

The beverage and consumer products company Coca-Cola Co. and Emeco, a furniture manufacturer, have teamed up to create a new chair made from recycled plastic.

The 111 Navy Chair, chair is modeled after the original aluminum Emeco Navy Chair, designed in 1944 for the U.S. Navy. Each 111 Navy Chair contains a mix of 60 percent recycled PET plastic and a combination of other materials, including pigment and glass fiber for strength. It is estimated that more than three million PET plastic bottles will be repurposed annually for the production of 111 Navy Chairs. 

The recycled PET content in each chair is sourced from the plastic bottle-to-bottle recycling plant that started last year in Spartanburg, S.C., through a partnership between The Coca-Cola Company and United Resource Recovery Corp.

The chairs will be available for sale in June 2010. They also can also be ordered by sending an email to coca-cola@emeco.net. 111 Navy Chairs are available in six colors: Coca-Cola Red, Snow, Flint, Grass, Persimmon and Charcoal.