Useful Information

• Reclaimed materials are considered to be any materials that have

   been  used  before  and reused  without  processing. They  may be

   adapted   and   cut   to   size,   cleaned   up   and   refinished,  but

   fundamentally are  repurposed in their original form.

• VOCs: Volatile Organic Compounds that produce a breathable gas.

• Sustainable: capable   of   being   continued   with   minimal  long-

   term  effects   on  the   environment.

   Sustainability  requires  that  human   activity   only   uses nature's

   resources   at  a   rate  which   they can   be  replenished  naturally

   (Wikipedia)

• Recycled content products  contain  recovered  materials or  post-

   consumer materials or both. Recovered materials means  materials

   tha t have  been  removed  or  diverted   from solid  waste-in other

   words, trash-including solid waste created by manufacturers.

   Post-consumer  materials are materials  that  we discard  at  home

   and at  work that  are  separated or diverted for  recycling  instead 

   of  going to  a landfill (EPA).

• Organic fiberfills: can be made out  of bamboo  or  corn-based, an

   annually    renewable   resource  (among others). As    the   fastest-

   growing   plant on  the  planet, bamboo   has  the ability  to  absorb 

   2/3  more  carbon   dioxide  and  release  2/3  more  oxygen   than

   any other plan; its  environmental  impact  is  obvious.  Bamboo  is 

   processed into  fiber  using pollution-free  methods with very  little

   waste.