![]() ![]() ( Partners include Burrow, Sabai Design, Floyd, Joybird, EQ3, 1stDibs, and more.) Taking a cue from the apparel industry, the recommerce company has been harnessing consumers’ growing interest in the circular economy. So how do we drastically minimize the amount of furniture waste heading to landfills every year?įloorFound has been leading the charge for furniture recycling by building a returns model that incentivizes recommerce for some of the most trusted furniture brands at scale. For the average consumer, repairing, reselling or donating furniture is much more of a logistical nightmare than it would be for apparel. ![]() In addition to inferior materials, deluges of ever-changing design trends and a burgeoning focus on home decor on Instagram and TikTok during the pandemic have created the perfect conditions for the rapid growth of fast furniture and knockoffs. Similar to fast fashion, fast furniture is made using poor-quality materials and offered at accessible price points. The ever growing efflux of furniture waste is the direct result of the fast furniture phenomenon, a counterpart to fast fashion which the apparel industry has grappled with since, at least, the late-20th century. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans throw out more than 12 million tons of furniture (sofas, tables, chairs, and mattresses) every year-this is a 450% increase since 1960. Creating closed loop, circular solutions for furniture waste in the design industry remains an aspiration.
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