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Sweden has most forests in Europe, yet its IKEA sources wood from Poland and Romania while selling furniture from cardboard. What happens with all this wood?! U
by lifestyleguru 2y ago
Sweden has most forests in Europe, yet its IKEA sources wood from Poland and Romania while selling furniture from cardboard. What happens with all this wood?! Unfortunately in Poland and Romania plastic bag of cash and premium German car go very far while Sweden has more climate activists than trees.
- boxed 2y agoSweden has almost no forests anymore. We have tree plantations. That's a very different thing, and driving around Sweden is absolutely soul crushing for me who grew up running around in the forests during summers.
- lifestyleguru 2y agoThen again, where all this wood go? Because it's not in IKEA's furniture.
- pas 2y agoLot of it is export as roundwood ... but in general, housing (flooring, windows, decking), furniture, firewood/paper (pulp), etc. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-use-of-wood-from-the-Swedish-forest-the-product-fl-ows-volumes-in-million-cubic_fig3_264244647 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-use-of-wood-from-the...
- AdamN 2y agoThis is true in the Pacific Northwest too - very depressing.