Buying refurbished instead of new has far greater benefits than just cost. Its estimated that the carbon footprint of producing a new office chair is over 70kgCO2e. This is equivelant to powering an average sized home for 37 days!
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Refurbishing an office chair conserves around 85% of the materials used in producing a new one.
Reduced Waste
Its estimated that around 90 million tonnes of office furniture is sent to landfill each year. By refurbishing used chairs, we keep them in circulation for longer
Energy Saving
Manufacturing furniture is incredibly energy intensive, requiring vast amounts of fuel and electricity in the process of extracting raw materials for production.
