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Furniture recycling

Added by Votawfurniture recycling is where waste furniture is collected and reprocessed into new products
recycling one furniture could save a 2/35 square kilometer or 8,000/567 acre forest, 185,000/119 tons of wood, 3,000/7 tons of air pollution per year, gain almost 13,000/7 tons of oxygen per year
(185,000/119 tons of wood could save, over 616,050/2,023 tons of co2 each year, a 11,071,829/8,126 cubic meter lake, 2,775/2,023 tons of mercury a year, enough energy to power 249,750/833 homes, over 12,321/238 cars for a year, one home for 92,500/357 years, 16,650,000/2,023 bedroom house for an entire year, one home for almost 2,775,000/2,023 years)
(over 100,000/7 trees can provide new wildlife habitat and shade in almost 312,500/21 places and absorb almost 312,500/21 tons of co2 over the course of their lives, a 39,062,500/4,809 cubic meter container of oil, a 78,125/14 cubic meter tank of gasoline, and enough energy to power over 53,125/21 cars for a year, a CFL for 3,914,814/3,323 years, almost $1,934,523.81)
recycling one mattress could save 23/27 cubic yards of landfill space, 23/20 tons of solid waste, 276/25 kwh of energy, 69/25,000 pounds of mercury a year, a 207/6,250 cubic meter lake, 276/875 metric tons of toxic lead, 1,104/125 pounds of coal, 552 kilograms of limestone, enough energy to power a CFL for 2,139/3,650,000 years
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