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Also worth pointing out that in the UK, the company now sends nothing to landfill itself (http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38636272/ikea-sustainability-rep
by matthewmacleod 9y ago
Also worth pointing out that in the UK, the company now sends nothing to landfill itself (http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38636272/ikea-sustainability-report-reveals-the-firm-sent-zero-waste-to-landfill-in-2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38636272/ikea-sustaina...). And in France, they will accept old Ikea furniture and resell it at low cost (https://www.climatesolutionsplatform.org/solution/giving-furniture-a-second-life-with-ikea/ https://www.climatesolutionsplatform.org/solution/giving-fur...)
There are a few things to attack the company on; I’m not sure sustainability is one of their weak points.
- nicoburns 9y agoArguably they are one of the leading large companies with regard to sustainability. Most of their wood is fast growing pine, and they switched their entire lighting range over to LEDs way back in 2011 http://www.ikea.com/us/en/about_ikea/newsitem/IKEA_pulls_the_plug_on_incandescent_light_bulbs_press_release http://www.ikea.com/us/en/about_ikea/newsitem/IKEA_pulls_the...