There is no away.
It’s a cliché, but true. When items made of glass, plastic or metal are sent to a landfill they’ll likely be there longer than your lifetime, even if you live to be 105.
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Glass can take a million years to break down.
Plastics can take up to 500 years to degrade, leaving microplastics behind. Wood breaks down much quicker, within 50 years. This means a traditional wood frame sofa with polyurethane foam, polyester fabric and steel springs could take 500 years or more to break down in a landfill.
Mulberry & Second helps you furnish your home more sustainably. Our curated collection of home decor and furnishings is secondhand, which means every purchase says yes to a circular future and no to the business-as-usual model of take-make-waste. Whether you're looking for something specific or just browsing for inspiration we hope you'll discover something to re-love!
We can help when you’re downsizing, minimizing, or updating your home.
We buy gently used home decor and home furnishings. Get in touch with us if you have items that you would like to sell.
On the hunt for something specific?
Shopping secondhand is awesome, but it can also be time-consuming. If you’re looking for a special item, or pieces that fit within a certain aesthetic we can help you track them down.
Our FounderJennifer Baker Brown is always on the lookout for what’s next. She believes there is a better, more sustainable way to shop for well-designed home decor and furnishings that doesn’t involve bidding wars, poorly lit warehouses, or dusty shelves.
Jennifer is a creative professional, strategist, and brand consultant with a special passion for designing sustainable solutions. For over a decade, she worked on advertising and marketing projects with top fashion publishing, consumer, and non-profit brands.
In 2017, she stepped back from her career to complete a master's degree in sustainability. Her research centered around circular business models that shift business-as-usual and present new ways to access the things we need. Jennifer is a climate optimist, aware of the gravity of our impacts in the Anthropocene, and hopeful that innovation can positively affect our trajectory.
