By Sandrine Zhang Ferron

The furniture industry is quietly fuelling a waste crisis.

The furniture industry is quietly fuelling a waste crisis.

Every year, millions of sofas, chairs, and sideboards, many still perfectly usable, end up in landfills. Fast furniture, like fast fashion, lures us with low prices and instant gratification. But behind the flat-pack convenience lies a cost we can no longer ignore.

Mass-produced and flimsy, much of today’s furniture is built to fail, not to last. The result? A throwaway culture that leaves England with less than seven years of landfill capacity for non-hazardous waste. That’s not just unsustainable, it’s untenable.

When I founded Vinterior nearly a decade ago, I wasn’t setting out to solve a waste problem. My obsession was design: the thrill of discovering characterful, one-of-a-kind pieces that spark joy, not conformity. But as Vinterior grew, I saw........

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