01/16/2023
The fast furniture industry kills BILLIONS of trees every year 😖🌲➡️
🪵- You’ve likely heard that the fast fashion industry simply isn't worth your money or it’s negative impacts on the environment. Similar to fast fashion, fast furniture rates are increasing. This results not only in more landfill waste, but also killing forests worldwide. As landfills across the world continue to fill with more and more waste each year, fast furniture continues to further damage our planet.
Recent press release demonstrates that only about 30 pieces of unsustainable furniture kills about 33 trees over the course of a decade, which equals out to about 12 billion trees across the U.K., U.S. and Australia alone!
♻️- Thrifting for furniture is the most sustainable way to go! You can thrift in-person or if you’re like us, you can thrift online as well! Instead of furnishing your home with fast furniture, thrifting doesn’t require any extra materials and gives already-existing pieces a second chance at life. You can easily find refinished, used or vintage furniture using online platforms such as Etsy, Kijiji, Craigslist, Instagram, Facebook Marketplace or VarageSale. Your findings will all depend on your surrounding areas and community!
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