An outdated-looking room with old-looking furniture. The furniture structure is in solid state and can be re-upholstered to make it look new. Picture from Pinterest
Every now and then, you may decide to freshen up the look of your home. One thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think of a home make-over, is to replace their old furniture with new furniture.
But while it’s important to give your home a new look, the way you go about it could unfortunately result in a lot of waste and damage to the environment.
Estimates from the U.S EPA suggest that in 2009, furniture made up 4.1% (or 9.8 million tons) of household waste. Other research shows that furniture is the least recycled consumer commodity. The decision by homeowners to throw away their furniture rather than recycle it through methods such as reupholstering, costs a hefty amount estimated at $127 billion annually.
⦁ Picture of a discarded sofa by a waterbody. Picture from theGuardian.com by Silvia Izquierdo/AP
You may not have thought about it, but every time you throw out your furniture, you are wasting not just the money you used to buy it, but also the resources that went into its production.
Some of the damage you cause includes:
Picture of landfill at Staten Island. Landfills are a major source of air, water and soil pollution.
Old furniture doesn’t necessarily belong in the dumpster. It can be restored easily by reupholstering. Image from Flickr courtesy of Michael Coghlan
You no longer need to throw away your old furniture when we can re-upholster it the following simple steps:
We can longer afford to ignore the fact that our habits are causing harm to the environment. Before you decide that your furniture is no longer suitable for your house, give us a call and we’ll help you to transform it to ‘like-new’ condition. You can even go a step further whenever you want to refurnish your house, and buy or reclaim used furniture and we’ll restore it for you by re-upholstering it.