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With costs rising and budgets shrinking, remanufactured office furnishings represent opportunities for significant savings and prevent useful material from being sent to the landfill. According to the Office Furniture Recyclers Forum (OFRF), prices for remanufactured furniture typically range from 30 to 50 percent less than new furniture and the quality has steadily increased. In addition, the amount of labor and energy required to alter an existing product during remanufacturing is 85% to 95% less than that required to manufacture a new product.
In King County, Superior Court recently established a contract to have over 1500 chairs recovered, thus saving money & resources.
Today's bulletin contains information about remanufactured office furnishings and its local availability.
Remanufactured Office Furniture Resources
Office Furniture Recyclers Forum (OFRF)
The trade association for the office furniture recycling, refurbishing and remanufacturing industry.
- 301 North Fairfax Street
- Alexandria, VA 22314-2696
- Toll Free: (800)542-6672
- Fax: (703) 683-7552
Email: ofrf@recyclefurn.orgRecycled Office Furniture: Good for the Environment, Good for your Business - A guide to the benefits of using recycled office furniture in your company
Seattle Area Members of OFRF:
See also (below) Vendors (Seattle Area) for additional companies
- Bank & Office Interiors
- 5601 6th Ave. S.
- Seattle, WA 98108-2522
- Phone: (206) 768-1582
- Fax: (206) 762-1945
- Toll Free: (800) 762-8002
- Recycling Lines: Steelcase
Business Interiors Services 10838 East Marginal Way S. Seattle, WA 98168 Phone: (206) 762-8818 Fax: (206) 762-8420 Recycling Lines: Herman Miller Ducky's Office Furniture 1111 Mercer St. Seattle, WA 98109-5509 Phone: (206) 623-7777 Fax: (206) 623-6060 Recycling Lines: HON Facility Resource, Inc. 5701 Sixth Ave. S., #418 Seattle, WA 98108 Phone: (206) 764-7000 Fax: (206) 764-7004 Recycling Lines:
- Steelcase
- Haworth
- Herman Miller
- Northwest Office Furniture Recycle Inc.
- 3841 First Ave. S.
- Seattle, WA 98134-2203
- Phone: (206) 682-2396
- Fax: (206) 682-2397
Recycling Lines:
- Steelcase
- Haworth
- Herman Miller
- All Steel
- Seattle Office Furniture, LLC
- 3035 First Ave.
- Seattle, WA 98121-1010
- Phone: (206) 728-5710
- Fax: (206) 728-5716
Recycling Lines:
- HON
- Case Goods
- All Steel
State of Washington Remanufactured Office Furniture Contract (#09898)
The state established a contract in 1998 for used, remanufactured and "as is" office furniture
Contractors: Bank & Office Interiors (Products: Steelcase Series 9000 and Avenir) and Facility Resource, Inc. (Products: Haworth Unigroup)
See also (above) Seattle Members of OFRF
Northwest Modular Systems Furniture Inc.
buys and sells used systems furniture and used seating for both retail and wholesale
- 7078 South 220th Street
- Kent, WA 98032
- Phone: 253-395-2504
- Fax: 253-395-2585
- Email: nwmodular@eschelon.com
Buys and sells used office furniture.
- 301 W. Main
- Auburn, WA 98001
- Phone: (253)939-1949
- Fax: (253)939-1842
- Email: info@valueoffice.com
GO Green Office
monthly publication for facility managers, designers of commercial office space and other professionals
- PO Box 3931
- Joplin, MO 64803
- Toll-free: (800)709-0012
- Phone: (417)627-0220
- Fax: (417)627)0770
- E-mail: greenoffice@msn.com
Recycled Office Furniture Brokers Directory (search by region)
Used/Refurbished dealers by StateStudio eg
Ecowork system - 98% recycled material
2437A Peralta St.
Oakland, CA 94607 (510)763-8812 (510)893-2353 E-mail: design@studioeg.com
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Environmental Purchasing Program
The King County Environmental Purchasing Program assists County agencies in implementation of King County Executive Policy CON-7-1-2, which requires agencies to use recycled and other environmentally preferable products wherever practicable.
The program assembles information about these products and makes it available to specific agency users who can evaluate them and develop applications in County projects.
These procurement bulletins contain information about the results of product evaluations and other accomplishments of County agencies. We hope this information will help you find ways to use recycled materials in the work of your agency and that you will contact us if we can help you with further information or if you have suggestions.
- Environmental Purchasing Program
- King County Procurement & Contract Services
Published: May 20, 1999
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