New Look at Mutiny Island Vodka Created With Old Plastic

Two companies that talk about “sustainability,” Mutiny Island Vodka and RePlastic Recycle, recently collaborated to furnish one location with recycled plastic table tops and chairs while ridding the other, and St. Croix, of more than 2,300 pounds of plastic refuse.

Shannon Manns of Mutiny Island Vodka, which makes distilled spirits from breadfruit, contracted RePlastic Recycle when she needed to outfit the distillery and restaurant with furniture. She finalized a deal for more than a dozen sturdy plastic tabletops and dozens of chairs.

“So, their brand works with ours. We’re an eco-conscious brand. Our facilities run on solar power. Our tag line is ‘better cocktails, better planet.’ When I was shopping around for furniture, I knew I needed to get with RePlastic Recycle, so not only is our back of house eco-conscious, our dining room is eco-conscious. It’s become quite the conversation piece, and I hope it continues the momentum and spreads the word that they’re doing some amazing things for the island,” she said.

For RePlastic Recycle co-founder and chief executive officer Steve Chmura and the staff of five, it began almost three months of intense work to complete the project. Since opening their doors more than two years ago, they have made various items of plastic, including children’s chairs and Adirondack lounges.

“It’s (Mutiny) the first big project we’ve done, because we collected all of the plastic here on the island. The plastic isn’t dyed — color is the plastic we’ve collected. Gain green, Arm and Hammer yellow, and Surf blue,” Chmura explained.