Mudball
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So took the forum advice and did not use a chainsaw on the sofa. It was missing fire labels (it was a 15yr old sofa) and so the charity could not resell it + no interest from the freecycle world. Anywasys had to pay someone £30 to take it away and they will check if they can reuse the leather.
So the Mrs got around to getting a sofa/ottoman or whatever this is called. This one has a fire label. Whichever brilliant bod decided to put this unsightly thing right in front of it surely deserves a medal. Now the dilemma is - should i chop off the label or should it stay.
As always.. there is a 'think tank' that says families who rip off the labels are contributing to the waste - what an emotional angle to take.
Families that rip “unsightly†fire safety labels off sofas are consigning thousands of tonnes of reusable furniture to the rubbish dump each year, a new report has warned. About 1.6 million tonnes of “bulky waste†– mostly furniture, as well as white goods and mattresses – is thrown out in the UK each year, according to data from independent think-tank RSA. Yet about a third of that is in good enough condition to be reused in its current state, while a further 20 per cent of the waste would need only “slight repair†to be reusable, the RSA said in a report with Suez.
If manufacturers put it out of sight, then maybe families wont rip it off in the first place. So to rip or not to rip is the question..
So the Mrs got around to getting a sofa/ottoman or whatever this is called. This one has a fire label. Whichever brilliant bod decided to put this unsightly thing right in front of it surely deserves a medal. Now the dilemma is - should i chop off the label or should it stay.
As always.. there is a 'think tank' that says families who rip off the labels are contributing to the waste - what an emotional angle to take.
Families that rip “unsightly†fire safety labels off sofas are consigning thousands of tonnes of reusable furniture to the rubbish dump each year, a new report has warned. About 1.6 million tonnes of “bulky waste†– mostly furniture, as well as white goods and mattresses – is thrown out in the UK each year, according to data from independent think-tank RSA. Yet about a third of that is in good enough condition to be reused in its current state, while a further 20 per cent of the waste would need only “slight repair†to be reusable, the RSA said in a report with Suez.
If manufacturers put it out of sight, then maybe families wont rip it off in the first place. So to rip or not to rip is the question..
