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•By buying pre-owned furniture rather than buying new, US. businesses could
avoid $93 million in disposal costs. Purchasing a re-manufactured, pre-owned or
refurbished product can cost consumers 30-70% less than a new product.
According to the EPA, 3 million tons of office furniture and furnishings are discarded
each year.
The amount of labor and energy required to alter an existing product during
re-manufacturing is 85 to 95% less than that required to manufacture a new product.
•Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur oxides, nitrous oxides, volatile organic
compounds, and particulate matter are all reduced by the recycling of office furniture,
thereby reducing air pollution and global warming.
•The annual energy savings resulting from re-manufacturing activities worldwide is
120 trillion BTU. This equals the electricity generated by eight nuclear power plants,
or 16 million barrels of crude oil (about 350 tankers). The annual material savings
resulting from re-manufacturing activities worldwide is 14 million tons a year.
This is the equivalent of a fully loaded railway train 1650 miles long.
Source: Rochester Institute of Technology and The Office Furniture Recyclers Forum
Great Plains Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.
