Recycling Office Furniture

• By re manufacturing office furniture rather than buying it new, US businesses could avoid $93 million in disposal costs.
• Purchasing a re manufactured product can cost consumers 30 to 50% less than a new product.
• According to the EPA, three million tons of office furniture and furnishings are discarded each year.
• The amount of labor and energy required to alter an existing product during 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 office furniture, thereby reducing air pollution and global warming.
• The annual energy savings resulting from manufacturing activities worldwide is 120 trillion BTU's. This equals the electricity generated by eight nuclear power plants, or 16 million barrels of crude oil.
• 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. This would be more than half way across USA (60%).

Source: Rochester Institute of Technology and the Office Furniture Recyclers Forum.