Smart Office is the specialist in refurbished second-hand professional furniture. Smart Office refurbishes and sells desks, chairs, tables, pedestals, etc.

Furnishing your premises in an economical and ecological way is possible with Bureau Futé!

Every second in France, it is estimated that 63 kilos of furniture become “old furniture”, that is to say furniture intended to be thrown away. Over a year, this represents 2 million tonnes of furniture, most of which end up in landfill without being used: only 40% of this furniture was recycled in France in 2012. Just like wasted food or energy , this furniture which could still be used represents a waste and has a very significant ecological impact.

That said, at a time when more and more individuals are going through the second-hand market to pick up second-hand furniture, there is also a need for professionals to part with their old furniture without having to throw it away. recover by making the same savings as individuals.

It is to meet this need that Smart Office, a furniture reconditioning specialist, was created.

Refurbishment of furniture, a sustainable development approach

Reconditioning your furniture, above all, is not recycling it. Obviously, recycling is part of a sustainable development approach from the moment the waste is recovered and techniques are used to reintroduce it to the market. This is also one of the best known techniques to limit waste and today we talk about recycling for many materials such as plastic or cardboard for example.

Here, we are talking about reconditioning, that is to say the implementation of techniques to reuse an object and reintroduce it on the market: we do not start from waste but rather from the whole object. It looks a lot like second-hand but as far as the furniture is concerned, it is restored in order to be sold “like new”. Buying reconditioned furniture allows you to give them new life and avoid the manufacture of new furniture for which the ecological footprint can be very heavy.

Not only does reconditioning have an ecological interest, but it also has an economic and financial interest. Refurbished items cost less, because they are second-hand, like second-hand items: as the item has been used, it is considered not new and therefore sold. cheaper.

As a result, so-called “high-end” furniture can be offered at the price of “low-end” furniture: this represents a significant gain for the companies that buy this furniture. There are many platforms for individuals to buy used or refurbished furniture, but for businesses there was a specific demand that needed to be met.

Bureau Futé, specialist in refurbished office supplies.

When a company buys something to furnish its premises, it buys the same models en masse in order to establish an identity through the style of furniture or its color. On the private second-hand market, it is difficult to find offers that meet such demand. This is why Bureau Futé specializes in business furniture by reselling professional office furniture.

Thus, the company acts on the end of life of office furniture by ridding companies of their old furniture and recovering it.

These are valued at the right price, instead of being destroyed, and the company getting rid of its furniture can then create wealth from what it was going to throw away. The furniture is then repaired, cleaned and refurbished before returning to the sales chain for a second life. By extending the useful life of a piece of furniture, this has the effect of limiting its ecological weight and everything is done in excellent conditions, by experts and obviously with respect for the environment.