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Used Office Furniture Saves Money and the Environment

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If you've been struggling with the cost of new furniture, consider the benefits of buying used. Used office furniture keeps both our environment and your bank account green!

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By Alyson Arnold

Look around. How much office furniture do you see? Desks, bookshelves, chairs, cubicles, sofas, conference tables… furniture is all around you. Consider what would happen if half the furniture you see along with half the office furniture in every business, medical office and school in the nation were dumped into landfills. It's happening right now.

Reducing Strain on Our Landfills

The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) states, "A survey indicates that approximately half of the scrap currently generated may be ending up in landfills." Much of this waste is still structurally sound.

Oftentimes, companies discard old furniture because it looks outdated, not because something is broken. Used office furniture that might go to a landfill can easily be refurbished or remanufactured. Replace a wobbly roller on an office chair, add some new upholstery and it is as good as new! Reupholster your panels, add new laminate surfaces, and they look like they belong on the front cover of this year's new office furniture catalog. Undeniably, used office furniture saves our natural resources and helps reduce the strain on our landfills.

"The EPA estimates that businesses discarded approximately three million tons of furniture and furnishings in 1995." (Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 1996 Update) "Given a 1995 national average tipping fee of about $32 per ton (Solid Waste Digest), the potential avoided disposal costs are upwards of $100 million." - EPA Waste Wi$e Update, pg.6

The Office Furniture Recyclers Forum (OFRF) in Alexandria, Virginia reports, "Remanufacturing just 40 workstations diverts one tractor-trailer load of furniture from a landfill. Industry experts estimate that for each pound of natural resources used in remanufacturing, five to nine pounds of virgin materials are conserved." Further, for every workstation that is recycled, an average of 850 pounds is diverted from a landfill.

Types of Used Office Furniture

When many people think of "used office furniture," they envision scratch and dent items. While those would certainly fall into this category, refurbished office furniture is another variety. Refurbishing involves repairing structural damage (for instance, the broken arm of a chair) and refreshing appearance. Remanufactured furniture is completely reworked both structurally and aesthetically.

Used Office Furniture Saves Money

Purchasing used office furniture can save up to 90% off retail prices of new products because the manufacturing costs were absorbed when the furniture was first produced.

If you've been struggling with the cost of new furniture, consider the benefits of buying used. Used office furniture keeps both our environment and your bank account green!

Author: Alyson Arnold

About Author:

Alyson Arnold is Marketing Coordinator of Conklin Office Furniture who specializes in used office furniture. You'll find an exceptional inventory of in-stock, top-quality chairs, desks, cubicles and more at http://www.conklinoffice.com. © 2007, All Rights Reserved

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