Feb 05 2009
Save our Sofas Campaign launches with the ‘Ugliest Sofa Competition’
This month S.O.S (Save our Sofas) launches its new educational website. S.O.S (www.saveoursofas.org) is a site aimed at helping people who are looking for greener alternatives to landfill. By encouraging people to save their old, unwanted sofas through re-using, recycling or refurbishing, S.O.S are helping to reduce the nations carbon footprint.
To celebrate, S.O.S is launching a competition entitled ‘Britain’s Ugliest Sofa’. People are invited to upload pictures of their ugly, old-fashioned sofas that have seen better days.
Entries are submitted via the website, where visitors can vote on other entrants’ worn out, retro furniture. The winner’s couch will be fully reupholstered totally free of charge, courtesy of Plumbs Ltd.
Every year UK households throw away the equivalent of 3 ½ million double-decker buses (almost 30 million tonnes), a queue of which would stretch from London to Sydney and back. This campaign aims to help people extend the life of their sofas or provide environmentally friendly alternatives to landfill – helping people do their bit for the planet, by reducing their carbon footprint.
Visitors can explore S.O.S’s greener solutions; re-use, recycle and refurbish, helping them choose the best option for them. The site provides contact details for furniture reuse and de-manufacture networks, as well as a number of cost effective refurbishing options.
does an expensive but totally falling to bits armchair from Sofa Workshop count? I have pics but don’t want to go to the effort of sending them if it is not qualified to win!!!!!
Hi fran, it’s very hard to say without actually seeing the chair. If the part of the chair that’s falling to bits is the upholstery (including stuffing & padding etc.) then it is very much salvageable. If however the frame is damaged then it is harder to say.
I hope this helps.