Used furniture trend is a sustainable alternative to buying new
Reupholstered furniture at the Envirotech Office Systems showroom. Nearly new furnishing is becoming more available, as many companies downsize office space because of hybrid work.To furnish its new office in downtown Toronto, it seemed logical for sustainability rating company EcoVadis Canada to look for remanufactured, preowned furniture rather than buying new.
The office will include 75 refurbished workstations in addition to a number of open, flexible work areas with reupholstered chairs and refinished movable tables to create a home-like feel to attract workers into the office, Mr. Eyram says. “In the hybrid work environment there is going to be a lot more office furniture that is orphaned. If we can give it a new home, it’s a gain for everyone.”
At the same time, organizations are increasingly setting sustainability goals that calculate the carbon footprint of office furnishings. The extraction of raw materials to make new furniture is the most carbon-intensive phase of its lifespan. In 2020, non-residential sources, which include the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors and the construction, renovation and demolition sectors, were responsible for 58 per cent of disposed solid waste, according tofrom Environment and Climate Change Canada. From 2002 to 2020, the amount of waste diverted increased by 9 per cent, or 0.4 million tonnes.
Much of the inventory is nearly new, tested and come with warranties, but priced at a fraction of the cost of new, he says. Envirotech recently acquired the contents of several floors of offices that had been furnished with new workstations, desks and lounge chairs just before the start of the pandemic lockdowns. As that firm downsized its lease, the barely used name-brand furniture had been otherwise destined to be sent to landfill.
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