red chair project

for under $30 and 4 hours of labour, i was able to make 2 plastic adirondack chairs headed for the dump, shinier than new.

1 can RUST-OLEUM plastic spray paint (primer)
2 cans RUST-OLEUM plastic spray paint (Colonial Red - awful name!)

(no i do not work for RUST-OLEUM or any of their affiliates. when i went to the store to purchase my paint i was overwhelmed by all the options, so i thought it would be kind to prevent that from happening to someone else. and so i share the success of the particular paint that i chose.)

so the question is, what is more harmful to the environment?
a. the nasty effects of aerosol cans and the toxic paint gases released into the air (probably would have been less harmful if i had been in a spray room with proper exhaust, rather than outside on my patio).
b. the waste of discarding perfectly useable plastic furniture and pretending that it will decompose in the landfill.