Bad Impact of Office Furniture on the Environment

We are all aware of the negative impact our actions have on the environment. Luckily, many of us are making a more conscious effort to do something about it.

However, as office space continues to expand, it will be difficult for organizations to predict long-term office needs based on projected business growth.

Renting furniture brings many benefits over alternative options. You can try new furniture, layouts and ways of working without long-term commitment and capital risk. You will also firmly support a circular economy that supports activities that save energy, labor and materials.

Oscar Living has outlined several ways that rental furniture can help address global challenges.

In Indonesia alone, more than 22 million pieces of furniture are thrown away every year, and most of it ends up in landfills. It takes 1,000 times more CO2 to produce new furniture than to recycle or refurbish and, often, this favors quantity over quality.

Switching to a rental scheme means that the furniture can be reused by someone else, and the quality of the furniture will be far superior. This process is inherently sustainable, and you couldn't do any better!

Renting high-quality furniture is a proactive and positive way to reduce emissions. This also means that you are less likely to need a quick replacement due to the product's short lifespan.

Since the initial concept of ‘fast furniture’ manufacturing and resources such as energy, water and labor are used in large quantities. This high turnover process is also a major cause of toxic pollution and harmful emissions. If factories can produce fewer products, but with superior quality, the negative impacts will naturally begin to diminish.

Rental furniture allows the use of fewer raw materials and natural resources in the production process. Environmentally friendly and highly durable materials ensure that a piece of furniture can be used by many owners throughout its lifetime. One piece can be rented multiple times and replaces the production of 2 or 3 items of lower quality.

So don't wait any longer, make your company an environmentally friendly company while supporting the government program #netzerocarbon2060