Space Daily September 02, 2026 • 14:30

Americans discarded more than 12 million tons of furniture in a single year, and barely any of it was recycled — a modern sofa combines foam, fabric, wood, metal and glue so tightly that taking it apart can cost more than the recovered materials are worth - Space Daily

The furniture industry designed sofas to last a lifetime—but engineered them to become landfill in an afternoon.

A sofa takes about ninety seconds to shove onto the kerb and roughly forever to get rid of.
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Americans discarded more than 12 million tons of furniture in a single year, and barely any of it was recycled — a modern sofa combines foam, fabric, wood, metal and glue so tightly that taking it apart can cost more than the recovered materials are worth - Space Daily

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