subject: Sourcing Green Furniture 102 – for interior designers, decorators and homeowners [print this page] Sourcing Green Furniture 102 for interior designers, decorators and homeowners
What is the most important criterion in buying green furniture? Watch in your garden. Certification as FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) are an indication of the sustainability of green procurement of furniture, but they are not infallible. In my opinion the two most important criteria for buying green furniture are:
Source locally produced furniture and
Make sure that furniture is made of renewable natural resources, asas sustainable harvested wood and recycled, reclaimed, recycled materials.
The U.S. Green Building Council prioritizes local sourcing as well. Its LEED certification program provides that the cabinet must be purchased within a radius of 500 miles, and stress: the closer the better.
Always ask the manufacturer for specific information on furniture where wood or other materials come from your furniture. If I tell you, look elsewhere authentic greenFurniture.
What effect does it have quality furniture for sustainability?
Statistics show that I saw in 2008, the amount of low-cost, low quality furniture, we are laying in landfills and six times between 1960 The biggest jump in the band made of landfill in 1980 and beyond. Was in 1980 that the furniture of furniture moved from North Carolina and overseas territories of the Great Lakes in response to a growing demand for good A.This low-quality furniture, often from chipboard, MDF, pressed cardboard, staples and glue usually lasts about 2-5 years before it ended up on the sidewalk, and finally in our landfills.
If you want high-quality craftsmanship in purchases of sustainable mobility. Durable solid wood mortise and tenon joinery as dovetail joints and stops and non-toxic, to serve customers for many years without our landfill virtuallyMobile-free.
And 'the furniture industry has published a list of best practice green?
The establishment of the SFC sustainable, non-profit coalition of professionals in the furniture dedicated to the promotion of sustainable practices and publish a list of best practices for the green industry. SFC Members undertake to adopt measures to follow these recommendations and to minimize carbon emissions, waste stream pollutants and non-recyclable content.
The Group has a detailed Life CycleEvaluation to analyze the environmental impacts of their products, and a verifiable chain of custody to flow as the only acceptable method for the monitoring of wood. The members support the triple bottom line of People-Planet-Profit and lead the industry in developing awareness of best practices in their supply chains. Look for the designation of silver, gold or platinum in a Member State SFC to determine their commitment to the mission and objectives of the SFC.
