How decommissioning furniture helps the Earth and our local community …
At Tri-State Office Furniture, we often receive calls from companies who are downsizing their office. They will ask us to “decommission” or “liquidate” the furniture they no longer need. We begin the decommissioning process by looking at the 3-R’s of decommissioning: Reuse, Recycle & Repurpose.
- What Can We Reuse / Resell?
We cram our inventory full of quality name brand products: Kimball, Steelcase, OFS, JSI, Haworth, Herman Miller, and more. The liquidated furniture is brought back to our warehouse where it is cleaned, sanitized, and goes through an inspection process to ensure there are no broken parts. These products retain value, and merely cleaning or refinishing these products make them great options for resale.
- How Much of the Furniture can we Recycle?
Our goal is to keep as much as we can from going to the landfill. Any furniture that is metal, aluminum, or steel and cannot be reused or repurposed is recycled. Many workstations are liquidated with outdated finishes but are still in great usable condition and can be repurposed thru refurbishment.
- What Can Be Repurposed / Refurbished?
Refurbishment is the upcycling workstations by repainting metal components and recovering fabric surfaces. We provide this service for quality workstations such as Herman Miller AO2 or Herman Miller Ethospace.
In combination of refurbishment, we offer electrostatic painting services. Electrostatic painting is a process that adds an electric charge to paint molecules so they “stick” to metal products. This works great for file cabinets, bookcases, and storage cabinets. People do not realize that we can repaint anything metal and give it a fresh look using this process.
Refurbishing allows the consumer to customize their office space choosing from a wide variety of fabric and paint colors. We can also substitute new work surfaces if needed.
DIVERTING REUSABLE OFFICE FURNITURE FROM LANDFILLS PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING THE DEMAND FOR TIMBER, METALS, PLASTICS AND FABRICS, REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS PRODUCED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND DISPOSAL, AND BY DIVERTING HEAVY DURABLE GOODS FROM LANDFILLS!
Why is there a high demand for ecofriendly furniture options?
- It’s a quick and easily customized choice – COVID-19 has created a huge backlog for importing and shipping new furniture. While everyone is experiencing extended lead-times, our mission is to stock “Great furniture in great condition – everyday!”
- It’s Budget Conscious – We do what we can to help all businesses, and especially small local businesses by providing affordable office solutions. Business owners are more budget conscious than ever. we make sure our huge selection of pre-owned, refurbished and in-stock new office furniture is affordable.
- It’s the right choice for the environment. You can feel good doing something good for the planet!
How do local decommissions help others in the community?
Our company stands behind helping individuals locally and we take pride in helping others in our community by giving back. One example is our “Sto-Rox Appliance Repurposing Program”. Often when we are asked to remove furniture from an office, they ask us to remove the refrigerator from their kitchen. Although we cannot sell them, refrigerators are brought back tested, and cleaned. #TristateCares takes this mission to the next level by adding $200.00 worth of food to each refrigerator before delivering it to local families in need.
What Does All This Mean to You?
All of this means one thing to potential buyers…that you can get high quality office furniture at affordable pricing and by purchasing used or refurbished furniture you are keeping it out of landfills. In addition, you are contributing to the local economy by providing jobs to the people who remove and refurbish the furniture. Lastly, you will work with a company who gives back to the community.