reuse solutions of furniture International Marketing Week Lahti 1 Theresia Mager Sonja Wessel Jana Wecker Corina Hupf Anika Butz ID: 138949
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German examples of re-use solutions of furniture
International Marketing Week
Lahti
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Theresia Mager, Sonja Wessel, Jana Wecker, Corina Hupf, Anika ButzSlide2
AgendaFacts
Why are there few re-use furniture?Why is it a growth market?
Examples ZweitsinnReDesign
Chemo-thermo-mechanic-recycling Non-profit
organisationWhat could we do ?
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Facts
7 million tones of furniture-rubbish every year in Germany ONLY 5 - 10 percent is re-used
Biggest part goes to incineratorsCO2 precious raw materials wasted
Experts: 50 % could be possible till 2012
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Why are there few re-use furniture ?single peaces
expensiveIt´s complex to restore furniture
ways to decontaminate furniture are unknownPeople think that re-used furniture is of minor value and not stylish
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Why is it a growth market ? Environmental awareness increasing
Individualism single peace Recycling products have changed:
from greenie-design to top-design
Professional networksMost furniture is manufactured
to last a lifetime and as a result, furniture very rarely wears out
Obsolescence through rapidly changing fashions contributes to the growing mountain of redundant furniture Theresia Mager, Sonja Wessel, Jana Wecker, Corina Hupf, Anika Butz
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www.ecomoebel.de
founded by students from the university Dortmund/GermanyPromoted by German environment foundation Brings waste disposal contractors, craftsmen, ecologists, designers, personnel of sheltered workshops, job creation companies, social-stores and universities together
rough material for all “zweitsinn”-products are old furniture, parts of old furniture and other recycled materials By now 15 producers are selling recycled, pollutant free furniture on this platform
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Project
cooperation of a German recycling-bourse and OS2-designgroupStarted a recycling-design- project (ReDesign-project)
Promoted by the unemployment centre, that built a cabinetmaking Everybody can bring old furniture to the recycling-bourse Furniture that is in good condition is sold in a social-store Furniture that is fragmentary or damaged is used to build new designer –furniture
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ProjectOS2 Designgroup
develops ideas for the fabrication of furniture, permanently unemployed or handicapped people build them Produce armchairs, sofas, shelves ,sunbeds, tables, chars and lamps in small series
protect resources , decrease CO2 emission and qualify and employ permanently unemployed persons
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Project Shelve “Frank”
Sofa “Pixelstar“
Theresia Mager, Sonja Wessel, Jana Wecker, Corina Hupf, Anika Butz
recycled chip- and blockboards plywood, beaverboards and solid wood tables
Price:
34 € one element
Co2 –saving:
2 kg
recycled chip- and blockboards, solid wood tables, cleaned cellular material from mattresses
cover fabric: old, cleaned trousers and coats
Price:
375 €
Co2-saving:
26 kg
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“Chemo-thermo-automatic-recycling”2005 a German institute of wood developed a recycling-concept for furniture’s
Furniture is soaked in water, carbamide and oil of vitriolThis mixture causes that the individual parts drop down
They can be re-used
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Non-profit organizationsTake furniture donations Give them to the deserving poor
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What could we do ? Buy long-living furnitureBring old furniture to furniture-
bourses, give them away, or donate themTell family and friends
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Thank you for your attention !!!
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