As a business owner or office manager your number one goal when furnishing your new space is typically going to be to save money. You want to create an appealing work environment for not only your employees but, your clients as well. With all of the choices we have today it is easy to get caught up in the wonderful world of new furniture. Thousands of finishes and styles available at sometime outrageous prices. What if I told you that you could purchase office furniture at a fraction of the price of new while helping the environment and keeping jobs in America? Sounds good right? Well in this article I am going to help you make the right decisions for your business, the environment, and our country.
In the past 15-20 years the office furniture industry has changed from a mostly US based manufacturing industry to an overseas import business from the likes of China, Mexico and Korea. Some of the largest American office furniture manufacturers have even changed to importing rather than in house manufacturing yet they still call them American made products. To be truthful there are very few US companies that still make 100% US made product. Even if they are assembled in the US the parts are mostly brought in from over seas.
Therefore it is fair to say that the cubicle you or your employees are sitting in may have been assembled in the United States but, have been assembled with parts from all over the world. This poses two major problems. The first being the fact that foreign companies do not use recycled material on a regular bases. Typically a Chinese made product will be made mostly or completely of new materials which in turn helps to deplete the worlds natural resources on a great scale. The second problem is the fact that jobs that would normally be going to American workers are now going to overseas workers instead. We can help change this one office at a time.
If you purchasing furniture for your office I would like to think about something important. If you were to purchase recycled or refurbished office furniture rather than brand new office furniture you would not only be helping create jobs but, you would be helping the environment as well. Buying refurbished office furniture as apposed to new gives you the same choices in finishes and materials with the added satisfaction of recycling old office furniture and using recycled materials to do it.
While selecting an office furniture re-manufacturer you may want to consider asking a couple of key questions. Will they use fabric,steel and wood that has been recycled? Even though the base of the office furniture is going to be reused on items such as panels systems fabric, steel and wood will be used in the re-manufacturing process. The next question applies to painting methods. Do they use a simple spray both or the more efficient environmentally safe method of electrostatic painting? Electrostatic painting is 95% efficient and leaves very little spray particles if any in the air. Last but, not least. Are the labor and materials all provided by US companies? Keep it in America!
If you follow these easy steps when purchasing your office furniture you will be not only be saving yourself as much as 80% off the price of new but, you will be helping our workforce and the planet. If refurbished furniture turns out to be a little above your price range you can always go with pre-owned office furniture. With the state of the countries economy there are some incredible deals to be found on used office furniture and used cubicles. With such an enormous amount of downsizing companies in the US you are able to find used office furniture that looks like new for a tiny fraction of the cost of new or refurbished. Anyway you look at it refurbished or used office furniture is the best things for the planet, the American people and your wallet.
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