The Upside of Used Furniture

Spending Smart with Office Furniture Expo

• MORE office furniture for LESS money
  • Americans spend over $11 billion on office furniture each year
    
    
• Quality products
  • Minor wear, major discounts
  • Inventory changes daily

• Great selection
  • 18,000 sq. ft. of clearance and used furniture in our 100,000 sq. ft. facility

Going Green

• Save trees
  • The amount of wood and paper thrown away each day is enough to heat 137,000 homes for 20 years straight
  • 17% of waste in U.S. landfills
  • 63 million metric tons of wood sent to landfills each year
    • 43% recyclable
    • 57% non-recyclable

1. • 47% of all manufactured materials in the U.S. are wood products
     • 40% higher production rate in last 50 years
   • 33% of the world’s wood is used by U.S. consumers

• Lower energy use and emissions
  • 900 lbs. of CO2 emissions to produce 1 4 drawer lateral metal filing cabinet weighing 150 lbs.
  • 400 lbs. of CO2 emissions to produce 1 plastic and fabric chair weighing 50 lbs.
  • 755 lbs. of CO2 emissions to produce 1 wood desk weighing 150 lbs.
    
    
• Reduce waste
  • 8.8 million tons of usable office equipment sent to landfills each year
    • 34% is furniture – That’s 6,000,000,000 pounds!
• Protect the environment
  • 90% of world’s plants and animals live in forests
  • 80% of old-growth trees have been razed
  • 39.5 million acres of trees are cut down each year
    
    
• Shop at Office Furniture Expo
  • 90%+ of all materials that enter facility are recycled
    • Recycled per month:
      • 75 pallets
      • 125 lbs. of paper
      • 150 lbs. of plastic
      • 250 lbs. of Styrofoam
      • 400 pieces of used furniture
      • 400 lbs. of metal
      • 6,000 lbs. of cardboard
  • 11,280,000 pounds of used furniture recycled so far
    • That’s 26 pounds for every person in Atlanta!
  • 226 pieces of electronic equipment recycled so far
  • 15,528,969 lbs. of consumer, office, and furniture waste recycled since 1981

Sources:

http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/how-to-keep-old-office-furniture-out-of-landfills

http://www.greenwaste.com/recycling-stats

http://www.livestrong.com/article/153810-facts-about-wood-recycling/

http://www.pbd.org/our_green_story.html

http://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/articles/wood-industry-reports/184364451.html

https://wiki.colby.edu/display/orientation2008/Energy+of+stuff