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Product Design

When it comes to sustainability, the way a product is designed is crucial.

All our products are packed in flat and compressed packages that make transportation easier, as the use of space in the truck loads is optimized, enabling higher capacity per load. This is very crucial for utilizing e.g. transport to the fullest and thereby reduce the climate impact.

We have a strong focus on our furniture being able to be used in several functions, and being composed of the same modules, so that we can optimize both our production and the end use at our customers - and thus give the products a longer overall life.

It is important for us that the materials can be reutilized in the most sustainable way, once the furniture is worn out. Therefore, in the future we will have an even greater focus on how an assembled furniture can easily be disassembled and reused in the best possible way.

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Recycling and waste

Many tons of raw materials arrive at our factories, which are processed into finished furniture. In this process, a considerable amount of waste is generated.

Our product design is optimized to minimize waste from production. Cut offs from chipboard and discarded items are returned to our local chipboard supplier and recycled in the production of new boards. The dust in our production coming from the processing of the boards is used to heat our buildings.

The waste fractions that we cannot recycle ourselves are collected by external partners. 
We continuously keep an eye on optimizing the value of the waste fractions.

Sustainable raw materials

We believe that the most effective way a manufacturing company can make the world more sustainable is by using sustainable raw materials.

By choosing a product from Tvilum, you help protect the world’s forests. The materials used in our furniture come from responsibly managed FSC™- or PEFC-certified forests and other controlled sources.

FSC™ – Forest Stewardship Council™ – is an international non-profit organization that promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests.
PEFC – Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification – is a global non-profit organization that works to develop environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable use of the world’s forests through the endorsement of national certification systems.

In addition, some of our raw materials are made from recycled materials. This is a key goal for us, and we work continuously to ensure that as much as possible is recycled.

Over the coming years, we will reduce and eventually completely phase out our use of EPS (expanded polystyrene). This material is typically produced from oil; global recycling possibilities are limited, and it does not easily degrade in nature.

The same applies to other types of plastic used in our packaging, which become waste as soon as the end user has assembled the furniture. Here, we are working to find the best solutions to ensure that our future plastic consumption is optimized throughout the entire material life cycle.

 

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Look for our FSC™-certified products
Tvilum FSC™ license code: FSC-C021084

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