Double 11: Find a \"home\" for used furniture”

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This post was last edited by Thank goodness you're here on 2015-11-20 at 14:55. The author believes that finding a \"home\" for used furniture should be taken seriously by ** and the relevant authorities. For example, online transactions can draw on experience in home appliance recycling; preferential policies for exchanging old furniture for new one can be introduced, and certain subsidies can be provided to furniture recycling companies. In addition, the establishment of intermediary agencies for second-hand furniture and markets for such furniture should also be encouraged, in order to facilitate the refurbishment of used furniture and ensure its smooth reuse, thus enabling recyclable resources to be utilized effectively. In recent years, as people’s living standards continue to improve, many have purchased new homes or renovated their existing ones, resulting in an increasing amount of old furniture that becomes obsolete. Indeed, many old pieces of furniture are only outdated in appearance; their functionality remains intact, and they can be reused after being refurbished. In this way, various resources are also **saved. However, since the used furniture recycling market prefers the bulk recycling of office furniture, there is little enthusiasm for recycling the scattered household furniture that is no longer in use, either due to the inconvenience of collecting it from homes or because it is difficult to sell it again. I also have two examples around me. Not long ago, my friend Mr. Zhang sold the house he had lived in for over 20 years and moved into a new one. However, he was troubled by what to do with the old furniture from his previous home. Throw it away. It’s old, sure, but it still works; I just can’t bring myself to do it ； Don’t throw it away; take it to the new home, but it won’t fit in there either. My friend Ms. Fang encountered a similar problem: her family’s leather sofa had become worn over time, with rough and faded areas; she wanted to replace it with a new one but didn’t know what to do with the old sofa. Every year after autumn arrives, the home decoration industry enters its peak season. It’s common to hear people complain that after moving into a new home and buying new furniture, they don’t know what to do with the old furniture – waste collectors won’t take it, and there’s no space at home to store it, which is really troublesome.