Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Benefits Of Green Office Furniture

By Daniel Harris

With more pollutants in the environment and rapid deforestation, people have awakened to the critical situation and are turning towards conserving nature. The latest development in the global go-green campaign is the use of green office furniture, and this has excellent potential to make businesses eco-friendly.

Setting up of modular offices can go a long way in preservation of nature. As these offices have lower material needs, they don't lead to a lot of trees being chopped off. Modular offices save not only the trees but also the funds that an organization has to put in for a new set up. Modular offices are quite cost effective, and their rents are lesser as they take up lesser floor area.

Used or recycled furniture placed in offices also greatly helps in conserving the fast disappearing natural resources. This kind of furniture doesn't require a lot of alterations, and is good enough to fulfil the requirements of most offices. The uncertain economic climate has brought a lot of businesses to the brink of bankruptcy and they are selling off their furniture at meagre prices, and this generates a big opportunity for new businesses. The mineral and forest resources of the planet are conserved by the use of second hand furniture, without having to make any sacrifices in terms of quality.

Even new furniture can be as nature friendly as second hand one if you are aware of some aspects before making a purchase. The new furniture must be produced from recyclable materials and must be created close to the office location so that long-distance transportation is not necessary, which otherwise can cause threateningly harmful emissions.

Only those foams that are CFC free must have been used in the furniture, as the release of these toxic chemicals cause further damage to the already weakening ozone layer. The wood for the products that you buy must not have come from fragile forest ecosystems. Lastly, you must be economical and purchase only the necessary furniture that would fulfil your requirements.

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