Furniture Rescue as the System’s Default

Can we *even* imagine a future when our system’s default was furniture RESCUE instead of DISPOSAL?

How good would it feel to replace guilt with satisfaction, to know that curbside furniture was heading to its next phase of life, instead of getting buried forever in a greenhouse gas emitting, leachate producing, hole in the ground?

Our current system “rescues” recyclables and food waste every day. Hundreds of millions of dollars of infrastructure exists to keep certain materials out of the landfill. This isn’t a matter of complexity, it’s one of political will, data, awareness and urgency.

Earth day, week, month, etc. aka every damn day, is an excellent time to reimagine what’s possible.