PR Log - Apr 04, 2012 - White House, TENNESSEE – With consumers who are increasingly conscious of environmental and ecological issues, the Real Log Furniture Place (LogFurniturePlace.com) seeks to educate its customers on how to buy log furniture and rustic furniture that is environmentally friendly.
Why Eschewing Log Furniture for Particle Board is a Bad Idea
When people who care about the environment see the rustic log cabin furniture for sale at a store like the Real Log Furniture Place, their minds often jump to the trees that must have been cut for the creation of these furniture items. However, log beds and other pieces of log furniture are far better for the environment than the typical particle board-based furniture found at a discount store like Target or IKEA. Here's why:
• The intrinsically toxic process used in manufacturing particle board
• Environmental destruction caused by transport
• Environmental destruction to virgin forests
When particle board is manufactured, it uses formaldehyde. Formaldehyde, the stuff used by high school labs for generations to preserve dead frogs and other specimens, is classified as a “probable human carcinogen” by the Environmental Protection Agency. In other words, while the EPA isn't positive that formaldehyde will give humans cancer, the agency thinks that it probably does. That makes particle board dangerous to manufacture and possibly even dangerous to be within people's homes.
Next, much of the cheap particle board furniture found in discount stores comes from overseas. Created in Chinese factories with questionable working conditions, these furniture items then have to be shipped halfway across the globe before they make it into retail stores. The use of fossil fuels in transporting these furniture items is enormous.
Many people are under the impression that all particle board comes from recycled wood. While this is sometimes true, it's not always the case. Some particle board comes from virgin forests.
Comparing Particle Board to Log Furniture
By contrast to particle board, the rustic furniture sold at the Real Log Furniture Place is often much more environmentally sustainable. For starters, most of the wood used in Real Log Furniture Place items comes from what's leftover by the plywood and log home industries. Aspen furniture is made from dead standing trees and barnwood furniture is made almost entirely of reclaimed wood. In other words, the wood used by the Real Log Furniture Place is sustainable wood that helps, rather than hurts, the environment.
Additionally, because all of the furniture at the Real Log Furniture Place is manufactured either in the United States or Canada, the fuel used in transportation is significantly lower.
To get ideas for environmentally sustainable log furniture and reclaimed wood furniture for all styles of rustic decorating, visit LogFurniturePlace.com.
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The original online merchant of log furniture, JHE's Log Furniture Place has grown to a most impressive rustic furniture and country furniture shopping experience since 1998. Top quality craftsmanship, free shipping and perfect customer service do equal success today. Add on the beautiful designs and many exclusive pieces found in their more than 30,000 product line up, and it's easy to see why so many shoppers enjoy the www.LogFurniturePlace.com experience for their rustic decorating and country decor needs.
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Why Eschewing Log Furniture for Particle Board is a Bad Idea
When people who care about the environment see the rustic log cabin furniture for sale at a store like the Real Log Furniture Place, their minds often jump to the trees that must have been cut for the creation of these furniture items. However, log beds and other pieces of log furniture are far better for the environment than the typical particle board-based furniture found at a discount store like Target or IKEA. Here's why:
• The intrinsically toxic process used in manufacturing particle board
• Environmental destruction caused by transport
• Environmental destruction to virgin forests
When particle board is manufactured, it uses formaldehyde. Formaldehyde, the stuff used by high school labs for generations to preserve dead frogs and other specimens, is classified as a “probable human carcinogen” by the Environmental Protection Agency. In other words, while the EPA isn't positive that formaldehyde will give humans cancer, the agency thinks that it probably does. That makes particle board dangerous to manufacture and possibly even dangerous to be within people's homes.
Next, much of the cheap particle board furniture found in discount stores comes from overseas. Created in Chinese factories with questionable working conditions, these furniture items then have to be shipped halfway across the globe before they make it into retail stores. The use of fossil fuels in transporting these furniture items is enormous.
Many people are under the impression that all particle board comes from recycled wood. While this is sometimes true, it's not always the case. Some particle board comes from virgin forests.
Comparing Particle Board to Log Furniture
By contrast to particle board, the rustic furniture sold at the Real Log Furniture Place is often much more environmentally sustainable. For starters, most of the wood used in Real Log Furniture Place items comes from what's leftover by the plywood and log home industries. Aspen furniture is made from dead standing trees and barnwood furniture is made almost entirely of reclaimed wood. In other words, the wood used by the Real Log Furniture Place is sustainable wood that helps, rather than hurts, the environment.
Additionally, because all of the furniture at the Real Log Furniture Place is manufactured either in the United States or Canada, the fuel used in transportation is significantly lower.
To get ideas for environmentally sustainable log furniture and reclaimed wood furniture for all styles of rustic decorating, visit LogFurniturePlace.com.
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The original online merchant of log furniture, JHE's Log Furniture Place has grown to a most impressive rustic furniture and country furniture shopping experience since 1998. Top quality craftsmanship, free shipping and perfect customer service do equal success today. Add on the beautiful designs and many exclusive pieces found in their more than 30,000 product line up, and it's easy to see why so many shoppers enjoy the www.LogFurniturePlace.com experience for their rustic decorating and country decor needs.
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