What is Biodegradable Furniture?

Biodegradable furniture is furniture which is designed to break down naturally after its lifetime is over, rather than taking up space in a landfill. By its nature, biodegradable furniture is also better for the environment to produce, since it does not involve the use of toxic chemicals and synthetic materials, as these would make the furniture less likely to biodegrade quickly. A number of companies, including top designers, make biodegradable furniture, and it is available from ecologically oriented home supply stores. There are several ideas behind the concept of biodegradable furniture. In the first place, it acknowledges the fact that people tend to discard furniture after it stops looking good, or when they redesign a room and find that their furniture no longer works in that room. With conventional furniture, discards usually make their way slowly to landfills, often with a stop at a used furniture store or on a battered porch first. Once furniture reaches a landfill, it slowly ... more