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Furniture Removal: The Environmental Footprint of Fast Furniture 

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There is nothing more embarrassing that trying to entertain family members or guests when your living room furniture looks like it has been passed through a shredder. Sagging couch cushions, your cat´s claw marks on the back of the sofa, and fading upholstery are pretty hard to cover up. Dining room tables that have more dents and dings than a carpenter´s work bench might also require a sizeable table cloth to hide the damage, though those wobbly dining room chairs can be close to impossible to fix. If this sounds like a fair description of the furniture items in your home, it´s probably a sign that you are in line for a trip to your local furniture store.

 

In 2021, consumer spending on furniture and bedding sales were forecast to reach 119.8 billion U.S. dollars. This amounted to five percent more than 2019, where the sales amounted to 114.5 billion dollars. By 2025, it was projected that nearly 22 billion U.S. dollars would be spent on stationary sofas and sofa sleepers alone. While that might be great news for the furniture industry, it also should make us wonder where all the old furniture might eventually end up.

 

Though many people may move an older sofa into an unfinished basement or an empty room in their home, the vast majority of used furniture items eventually get sent out to the curb for trash pickup. In fact, studies by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) find that furniture waste generated by Americans in 2017 totaled a staggering 12.2 million tons. Of that amount, over 80 percent of it went straight to the landfill. Below, we offer a quick look at the dilemma of furniture disposal in the United States. We then explain why Junk King of Peninsula offers the best way for individuals, homeowners, and business owners to get rid of their old furniture in an efficient and environmentally responsible manner

 

Fast furniture can be defined as any type of home furnishing that helps individuals adapt to lives of ease and increasing mobility. Moving a 3,000 pound grand piano or solid wood cabinetry will not be either cheap or easy. With the average person moving homes at least eleven times during their lifetime, people are increasingly looking for furniture that is inexpensive, lightweight, yet fashionable and “chic.” Even for people who are not physically moving homes, the process of de-cluttering, downsizing, upgrading, or simply changing their home design preferences each year based on the latest trends has fundamentally changed the essence of the furniture and home furnishings industry. Instead of durability, strength, and lasting beauty, many people today look for fast furniture that is cheap, easy-to-breakdown furniture, and keeps their interior design in line with the latest trends. 

 

Just as with fast food and fast fashion, fast furniture also comes with a series of negative consequences. Below, we take a look at the growing environmental footprint of fast fashion. We then turn our attention to a few ways that homeowners, individuals, and business owners can reduce the environmental impact of furniture that they need to get rid of due to a move, an upgrade, or a redesign of their building interior. 

 

The Dilemma of Furniture Disposal

One of the biggest challenges that comes with furniture disposal is where it eventually ends up. Because furniture is so large and bulky, it ends up taking up an enormous amount of space in landfills. According to one recent study, of the 580 landfills owned by municipalities across the country, an expected 300 will close over the next decade as they reach full capacity.

 

Besides the issues associated with the lack of adequate landfill space, rapid furniture disposal also increases demand for raw materials such as wood, cotton, and petroleum based synthetics which are used in the manufacture of new furniture items. By recycling furniture, you can do your part to not only free up space in our already crowded landfills, but also to reduce the need for the mining and logging of more resources.

What are the Environmental Benefits of Furniture Removal Services?

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The major problem for most people is that they simply don’t have a practical and feasible way to get rid of their bulky furniture items. Even if you have an eco-friendly ethic, donating your used sofa to the local thrift store generally requires owning a pickup truck and having a strong back to load that couch and haul it down to the local store.

 

Fortunately, there are environmentally conscious junk removal companies like Junk King who offer furniture removal services. As the region´s top rated green junk removal company, we can help you get rid of virtually every type of old furniture item, from broken down hot tubs to wobbly dining room chairs, and everything in between.

A Look at the Environmental Footprint of Fast Furniture 

 

When items are built to only last a few years instead of a few generations, there will obviously be increased demand for raw material extraction, and a larger and more continuous waste stream once those items break down and are no longer functional. In the specific case of furniture, the raw materials used for couches, beds, tables, and other common home furnishings is vastly different today than it was just a couple of decades ago. Underneath layers of foam and synthetic fabrics and textiles, most furniture bases are made from plywood and other types of manufactured wood. This is obviously different from the solid wood bases that were built for a lifetime. 

 

Cheaper materials and shabby manufacturing have created an enormous amount of furniture waste flowing into our nation´s landfills. Consider the following statistics: 

  • Each year, Americans throw out more than 12 million tons of furniture and furnishings
  • Of this amount of trash, only 80.2 percent of it went to landfill, and less than half of one percent of that waste in the landfill was recovered for recycling,
  • Furniture waste statistics do not even include rugs, which amounted to a further 3.4 million tons of waste in 2017. 
  • Around 690,000 mattresses are sold each MONTH in the United States. Most of those mattress are meant to replace another older mattress that is eventually sent to a landfill. 

How to Reduce the Negative Impact of Fast Furniture? 

 

Junk King Junk RemovalSo what exactly are people supposed to do if they need a new couch, but don’t have the money to invest in a solid piece of hand-crafted mastery that costs a small fortune? Or what about that young worker who is taking a temporary job in a new city and needs to quickly furnish an apartment for a couple months? Fortunately, there are several ways that people today can avoid the worst environmental effects of fast furniture. 

 

Firstly, many big home furnishing companies such as Ikea are making promises to transition to a “circular economy model” in the coming years. Among other things, this means that consumers may be able to take their used furniture back to the place where they bought it for refurbishing or recycling. If you do need a new couch, but don’t plan on keeping it for a lifetime, purchasing from companies that have a “buy back” or recycling program can help to avoid sending your old furniture directly to the landfill. 

 

Secondly, you might also consider trying to sell or donate your used furniture that is still in good condition. There are several websites where you can list your furniture items for local sale. Furthermore, Goodwill, Salvation Army, and other companies may also accept your used furniture for resale. 

 

If you don’t want to deal with selling your furniture, and don’t have a trailer or pickup truck to physically move your furniture to a donation center, you may also consider hiring a professional junk removal company. 

 

Junk King of San Carlos is the leading junk removal service for individuals and business owners in the Bay area. We provide junk removal services to the Peninsula area, including residential and commercial service to people in Atherton, Belmont, La Honda, Loma Mar, Los Altos, Menlo Park Mountain View, Palo Alto, Pescadero, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Gregorio, and Stanford. 

 

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How to Find the Best Furniture Removal Company & Know They’re Doing Their Part



If you need to get rid of a bulky piece of furniture, but want to ensure that the junk removal company your hire doesn’t simply take it directly to the nearest dump, what steps can you take to ensure that the company shares in your environmental concerns?

 

Firstly, you should ask the company about their recycling policies, and what organizations or businesses they work with throughout the region to ensure that the junk items they pick up stay out of the local landfill. Here at Junk King of San Carlos, we are proud to say that at least 60 percent of the items we pick up either get recycled, donated, or otherwise repurposed. In the specific case of used furniture, we generally are able to recycle or donate a much higher percentage of the items we pick up.

 

Our junk removal team has developed solid, long-standing relationships with several donation and recycling centers, including Goodwill, the Salvation Army, local homeless shelters, Habitat for Humanity and Urban Ore. We are able to help you get rid of virtually any type of large, bulky furniture item that you have laying around your home. We also offer a commercial service to local Bay area businesses where we can help you remove large amounts of used office furniture, appliances, computers, etc.

 

For people worried about where their used furniture might eventually end up, Junk King of San Carlos is the best junk removal service for you.

What You Need to Know When Hiring a Professional Removals Company



When looking for junk removal companies near me, it is also important to look for companies that offer superior customer service and transparent and upfront pricing mechanisms. Getting rid of your used furniture shouldn’t be a headache for you. From the moment you first call us until the day your furniture is finally out of your house, our team goes the extra mile to ensure that the whole process is as stress-free as possible for our clients.

 

We have dedicated staff waiting to answer your call and help you find an effective solution for all of your furniture removal needs. For online and text price estimates, we also make every effort to give you a response in 10 minutes or less. Fair pricing, quality customer service, and a sincere commitment to recycling or reusing at least 60 percent of the junk we pick up are just a few of the reasons that Junk King is the Bay area’s number one preferred junk removal service.

 

Lastly, we believe that getting rid of your used furniture (or fast furniture) shouldn’t have to be a headache for our customers. We will do all the heavy lifting and hauling so that you don’t have to deal with trying to get your used furniture out of your home. If you prefer “no contact” service, you can arrange for us to pick up your used furniture that you leave on your driveway or on the curb without ever coming into physical contact with our junk removal professionals.

 

Junk King of San Carlos is the leading junk removal service for individuals and business owners in the Bay area. We provide junk removal services to the Peninsula area, including residential and commercial service to people in Atherton, Belmont, La Honda, Loma Mar, Los Altos, Menlo Park Mountain View, Palo Alto, Pescadero, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Gregorio, and Stanford. Our company is also proud to say that we offer the best customer service in the region.

 

Simply call us at 1-888-5865(JUNK) or consider booking us online here for all of your furniture removal needs!

 

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Junk King Peninsula
555 Price Ave. Suite 250
Redwood City, CA 94063
Hours: M-F: 8A-5P, Sa: 8A-4P, Su: 8A-3P

Providing junk removal services to the Peninsula area, including:

Atherton
Belmont
Burlingame
La Honda
Loma Mar
Los Altos
Menlo Park
Mountain View
Palo Alto
Pescadero
Portola Valley
Redwood City
San Carlos
San Gregorio
Stanford
and these nearby zip codes:
94002, 94011, 94020, 94021, 94022, 94024, 94025, 94026, 94027, 94028, 94035, 94040, 94041, 94042, 94043, 94060, 94061, 94062, 94063, 94064, 94065, 94070, 94074, 94301, 94303, 94304, 94305, 94306