The Green Festival
1. What makes good sustainability? -
Local manufacturing and assembly of furniture products.
2. Healthy materials and materials that are
'value engineered'/a system that is value engineered' so that the end user is getting a product that will last a long time.
3.
Stainless steel cabinets and drawers for kitchens, as stainless steel is a 100% recyclable material and is also sustainable, healthy and hygienic.
4. Use of engineered veneer fronts available in different,
beautiful exotic woods without deforesting trees in their natural environment.
5. Healthy, durable, recycled content - all sustainable.
6. Not taking from trees that have been growing for years.
7.
Fair-trade Organisations - all producers, woodworkers and artisans are well-paid and taken care of.
8. Use of
Teak wood (heirloom type of wood quality)
9. Stainless steel hardware, so
no rusting.
10. A little more expensive, but
better quality.
11.
Melt Jugs is the feedstock for the chairs (last forever!)
12. Sustainable furniture is durable and has a
smaller Carbon Footprint.
13. Nearly 35 million Americans buy green products.
14. Chairs made of high-density polyethylene which is
highly sustainable and maintenance free - made from recycled house plastic such as milk bottles
15. Ideal = A smaller Carbon Footprint but not risk on quality of the end product.
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