As many of our customers know, over the years we have expanded our inventory to include a custom sofas and mattress line. We spent many years researching the best products in order to provide local, affordable and efficient choices that meet the ethical requirements of both our customers and the State of California. Chemical off gases and recycling are some of the key issues that are now in the forefront of consumer concerns and are now under legal supervision. We are aware of the many legal changes made in regards to fire retardants and recycling and we are hoping to break this information down into some facts and rules that we need to follow and advise in our store. In the media, there have been quite a few stories on the off gases created by fire retardants in upholstered furniture. We have seen this in a Huffington Post, The New York Times and the HBO Documentary Toxic Hot Seat. The question is whether fire retardants can help save lives or are a toxic red flag. Due to consumer demand, in 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1019 to require labeling on upholstered furniture to inform consumers whether the upholstery and foam contains toxic flame retardant chemicals.
This means that all products sold in California must have labels indicating whether the product has been treated with a fire retardant. Our response to this has been to insure that our vendors accurately label the products we carry, so our customers can make their choices securely. For more detailed explanation of the policy changes, check out Arlene Blume’s TedX talk about Plastic Pollution in our Homes As seen in our Mission Sofa and Corbett Convertible Sofa with Chaise, we are proud to sell sofas that are free of flame retardants and can provide the required labels necessary to insure that the foam is also chemical fee. Because our sofas are manufactured in California we can directly follow the chain of manufacturing through to delivery and are committed to providing a customized chemical free sofa in under three weeks! We have many of our models on our webstore with many options of fabric and styles in our retail location We all know that used mattress’ on the sidewalk are a blight and take up valuable space in landfills.
Because the mattress set is composed or 80% recyclable material, the State has passed The Used Mattress Recovery and Recyling Act and the retailer is required to pick up and dispose of the replaced bed set. Our customer can rest at ease on the new mattress you purchase from Harrington Galleries knowing your old set will be properly recycled by DR3. DR3 is a wholly owned subsidiary of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and is an internationally recognized leader in developing economic development opportunities from waste stream diversion. As per the Mattress Recycling Council We choose to partner with Restonic as every customer will receive a custom mattress in a one week turn around with eco friendly foam manufactured down the highway in Burlingame. We currently carry their affordable Dazzle ComfortCare Select mattress and are introducing the Evergreen. The Dazzle mattress contains a high-density eco-friendly polyurethane foam and individually wrapped coils. TheEarth Line consists of 100 % organic materials at affordable prices.
The Evergreen mattress uses primarily naturalmaterials and double wrapped in Joma wool which acts as a natural fire retardant. ComfortCare Select mattress is available as a Pillow-Top, Plush or Firms density in Twin, Double/Full, Queen or California/Eastern King Sizes Our partners at Restonic wlll be available at Sunday Streets on May 10 to highlight the latest Evergreen organic line and answer any questions. Signup For Service Today. Need to get rid of it? We'll pick it up. Waste Management can remove just about any kind of waste. We offer a wide variety of curbside residential pickup services, making it easy for our customers to discard waste and recycle from home. Ready to get started? See what services are available in your area.Offbeat Home & Life runs these advice questions as an opportunity for our readers to share personal experiences and anecdotes. Readers are responsible for doing their own research before following any advice given here... or anywhere else on the web, for that matter.
My boyfriend and I are looking to buy a new mattress in a couple of months and we wondered if there were any environmentally-friendly options. I suppose a follow-up question is if there is anything we should know about disposing the old one! Since your website has inspired us to make more conscious decisions about our lifestyles I was hoping you would be able to offer some input. For years, my husband told me he wanted a bed he'd seen on HGTV — a "traditional" Vietnamese bed, which consists of a stone platforms with an embedded heating coil. He said the show claimed this platform bed was the ultimate in luxury sleep design. We later fact-checked this with a Vietnamese friend, who said, "Oh yeah, those totally exist. But they're not fancy. It's what country people sleep on — it's just HARD." Anyway, all that is to say: I'm really interested in non-mattress options. Within the traditional bedding realm, I've read a lot about Keesta beds, natural latex mattresses, and a few others, but I have no personal experience.
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