Eco-friendly furniture

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It looks like normal wooden furniture but Dr Auliana Poon doesn’t use traditional materials for her Becoming Sustainable collection. Club chairs, tables, loungers, adore seats, sofas and a wide variety of furnishings, all created from recycled plastic milk bottles, had been on display on the Trade and Expense Conference at the Hyatt Trinidad, Port of Spain.

’Although it’s created from recycled material, you'd discover there is nothing crude about its appearance. We desired some thing chic, something fresh, something classy, although maintaining it environment-friendly. This really is furnishings with an attitude. It comes in white, teak, mahogany, black, green, pacific blue, sunset red, tangerine and lemon shades to fit any décor you are considering of,’ Poon shared.

Poon mentioned her furniture can be left outdoors, in rain or shine, all year lengthy as it's practically upkeep free. ’Recycled plastic material milk bottles are difficult and long lasting. They’re utilized for numerous outdoor purposes such as roofing. Due to this, our collection offers several benefits more than furnishings made of wood, rattan and even metal. There is no need for stripping, sanding, painting or varnishing. And it won’t rust or collect mould or mildew.’

Wherever did she get the concept? ’For more than a decade I have been working with governments and tourism agencies close to the world to help develop blueprints for sustainable tourism. At this point, sustainability is on the core of every thing I do, every programme and initiative developed or recommended by my consultancy firm Tourism Intelligence International. We know the wear and tear that tourism can inflict on environments, despite its advantages,’ she noted.

’Mother Nature can damage and cause considerable wear and tear on your outdoor furniture. So after many years of replacing furniture at Villa Becoming in Tobago, we mentioned we wanted to make a distinction. We wanted to discover a long-term answer to the issue so we went in search of the product that could meet our needs. Obviously, it would need to be made of a substance that could withstand the components. At the exact same time however, we insisted that this material would location little pressure on the planet’s diminishing resources. Additionally, the furnishings would need to be stylish and really comfortable,’ Poon mentioned.

’Being Sustainable is a new company venture that perfectly expresses the philosophy that Tourism Intelligence Worldwide has long promoted to its customers. This exciting collection of inexpensive, long lasting, low-maintenance yet stylic furnishings is really an example of practising what we preach,’ she added.

Some items from the collection can be discovered on the Hilton Trinidad about the Obama Terrace. But Poon is determined to take her eco-friendly suggestions to the next level. She wants to go beyond furniture and expand her item variety to consist of much more products for the hospitality industry. ’We are currently adding new lines of products - glassware, flatware,

towels and linen. All chosen with the exact same criteria in mind: stylish but hardwearing; helping to save money and Planet Earth at the same time.’