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I believe that IKEA is climate negative by design: it's H&M / Primark of furniture world. Because just like fast fashion, fast furniture encourages extreme leve
by krn 7y ago
I believe that IKEA is climate negative by design: it's H&M / Primark of furniture world. Because just like fast fashion, fast furniture encourages extreme levels of production and consumption of short-lasting goods, which are later often thrown away, rather than being resold and reused.
- Tomte 7y agoIn my experience, IKEA furniture is handed down multiple times. I myself have IKEA CD racks that I bought, gave my parents when I moved, they gave them to my sister when she moved and needed them, and after fifteen years or so they are back in my current apartment. (OT: why the hell did they discontinue this absolutely classic line? Just because it didn't really work for Blu-rays?) Actually, my apartment looks quite eclectic, since I have lots and lots of IKEA furniture from my student days mingled with "solid" furniture bought later and a few high-end furniture pieces bought much later.
- aequitas 7y agoI think it depends on your mindset. If I look at the Ikea furniture in my house, about half of it is second hand. I specifically search for Ikea product names on second-hand sites instead of more generic terms like cabinet or table because I know the quality of Ikea products, where for others I'd have to guess.