It's time to ditch plastic and chemicals for healthy, renewable materials.
The problem is pollution, of the planet and our bodies
Each year, Americans throw out more than 12 million tons of furniture, creating mountains of solid waste that have grown 450 percent since 1960. Most of that furniture is cheap, chemical-laden, pressed board furniture that is too toxic to burn. Chemicals such as formaldehyde off-gas fumes into the air for years, poisoning where people live and sleep and potentially leading to respiratory health problems.
Plastic and chemicals are also polluting the earth's ecosystems that we rely on for food, water, and survival. Muvo Box is an eco-friendly alternative to "fast furniture" that is both long lasting and durable, and when its useful life is over it can be recycled with other cardboard boxes.
The vision
The goal for Muvo Box production is to transition to a closed-loop manufacturing process that is Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) Certified Compostable, meaning the boxes can be fully composted into healthy dirt for gardens. But this will take time.
At this stage of the business there is not enough volume for that to work economically, because minimum quantities must be met for custom coatings and production specifications. The path and intention is there, but the means are not. Even so, in its present state, Muvo Box is an improvement over its alternatives, environmentally-speaking, because it is sourced from a renewable upstream material.
