Fast Furniture and the 12-Million-Ton Reckoning

Earth911
Jun 9, 2026, 7:00 am114 ptsTrending
Americans threw away 12.1 million tons of furniture in 2018, the most recent year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) measured the category. About 9.7 million tons went straight to a landfill. Less than half of one percent was recycled. The jobs that support the fastest, cheapest way to keep that…

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