Furniture reusing

Waste wood is every wooden product that has been used at least for once as commercial product and remains now as waste for disposal or recycling/reuse /If). It mainly consists of residues from the wood processing industry, demolition and constmction wood, old or destroyed furniture, boxes and pallets, wood material included in municipal solid waste, old power poles and railway sleepers. Each type of waste wood has been treated with different mechanical processes and chemical... 

Recycling of unwanted polymers is the best solution, and six types of plastics in common use are frequently stamped with identifying codes assigned by the Society of the Plastics Industry (Table 31.2). After sorting by type, the items to be recycled are shredded into small chips, washed, dried, and melted for reuse. Soft-drink bottles, for instance, are made from recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate), trash bags are made from recycled low-density polyethylene, and garden furniture is made from recycled polypropylene and mixed plastics. 

Plastics make up only about 8 percent of the volume in the average landfill but represent a huge investment of energy and raw materials. Most plastics produced from petroleum materials by polymerization of monomers such as ethylene or vinyl chloride are thermoplastic materials and can be cleaned, melted, and re-formed. Thermosetting plastics can also be cut into pieces that are mixed with other plastics or used as fillers. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) are the most widely reused plastic materials, but polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene, and polystyrene account for 5 percent of the recycled plastics. In 2001 80 million pounds (36 milfion kilograms) of plastics were recycled in the United States. Recycled plastic materials are used in the production of bottles, fabrics, flowerpots, furniture, plastic lumber, injection molded crates, and automobile parts. 

Knitted or woven woollen and similar materials are reused by the textile industry in applications such as car insulation, roofing felt, loudspeaker cones, panel linings and furniture padding. 

Powder coatings are widely used as industrial finishes on appliances, machinery and outdoor fixtures and furniture because they provide a hard durable coating with essentially no VOC emissions and nearly 100% powder utilization - any overspray is easily collected and reused. 

During standard equipment-cleaning operations, hospitals, universities, and research centers, as well as many small and medium-sized businesses, such as metal finishers and furniture manufacturers, generate small amounts of waste solvents. These waste solvents can be recycled for reuse in cleaning operations using small, commercially available recovery units. Depending on the commercial value and amount of solvent recovered, the pay-back time for recycling equipment can be as short as 1 year. Since... 

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