Sustainability
Design
Our policy is to design and manufacture products for longevity and serviceability. This allows our products to be repaired - rather than replaced, so in future, if a part becomes worn or damaged it can be replaced and recycled. For this reason, we have a commitment to making replacement parts for servicing our products throughout their design life.
Modular, elemental designed for disassembly with minimized use of co-molding to allow ease of recycling at the end of the products lifecycle.
Our products are designed to not only be repairable but also upgradeable with the ability to be reupholstered in the event of wear or a change of cosmetic requirement - providing huge savings in any future refurbishments.
Manufacture and Service Life
All timber components used in our products are sourced from sustainably managed and grown plantations - we use FSC Timber. Timber components can be repolished in the event of damage instead of scrapping. We also use E0 rated MDF here at the factory.
All steel offcuts and scrap produced in the manufacturing process is recycled locally. This also includes the disassembling and scrapping of old seating.
All of our seat covers are removable, so that in the event of damage or soiling, just the cover can be replaced, without the whole component having to be scrapped.
End of Life
At the end of the chairs life, the components can be removed and disassembled - steel components can be recycled, timber parts can be sent for chipping and recycled, fabric covers can be shredded and remanufactured, foams can be stripped from frames and recycle into chipped foam products.
Below is a slideshow, showing part of the process of our ongoing refurbishment of Radian Stacking Chairs from Victoria University, Wellington:
