Help Future Generations by Conserving our Natural Resources Today!

70% of the furniture ROF sells is re-manufactured, saving literally tons of raw materials & harmful emissions energy. Education is another way we can help. Below are some facts that can help all of us conserve resources such as steel, oil, natural gas, coal, aluminum, etc.

Hierarchy Of Resource Conservation

Reduce: Reducing is at the top of the list. We have reduced the size of our workstations in this office. By not using as much steel for example, we are reducing the amount of iron ore taken from the earth and all the environmental impacts associated with its extraction. Plus, all the energy and impacts associated and transportation of the steel are reduced as well.

Reuse: Reusing is almost as good as reducing. The only real difference is the small amount of energy and the materials used in cleaning the furniture and transportation to our office. There is very little environmental impact associated with making reused furniture a comparable alternative to new.

Re-manufacture: Remanufacturing office furniture saves tons of raw materials, especially our remanufactured office panels. We use recycled soda bottles for the panel fabric (Terratex brand panel fabric), and the only raw material needed is mica used for the powder coating process, which is an exceptionally effective, efficient, and environmentally-friendly method of painting. Now we have a panel that is 98% reused (by weight) and looks brand new.

Recycle: While we all think recycling is the best thing we can do, environmentally it is actually at the end of the hierarchy. Recycling, while it will conserve natural resources, still takes energy and more raw materials to go through the manufacturing process. Still, recycling is a good thing and keeps tons of waste products out of our dumps, and it saves raw materials.

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