Furniture project helps environment
Worn-out upholstered furniture may be clogging landfills but a study underway in Digby County is considering ways to reduce the quantity.
For the rest of this month, unwanted upholstered furniture may be dropped off at sheltered workshops in Digby and Church Point during business hours and it will be dismantled for recycling, said Angelique LeBlanc of the CAAE.
More than 60 pieces of furniture have already been dropped off at either the Conway Workshop in Digby or at the Atelier de Clare in Church Point, she said Friday. “The workshops are very pleased to be participating,” she said.
One part of the study will look at the costs associated with hauling unwanted furniture to landfills. The study will also identify the costs of stripping down and recycling different components of upholstered furniture as well as explore the benefits of recycling, Ms. LeBlanc said.
Sofas, love seats, chairs and ottomans are among the items that have been dropped off.
Furniture takes up a lot of space in a landfill. Now steel and metal springs and frames will be removed and recycled, as will wood.
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