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| Bratislava, 13.07.2023 |
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| In Slovakia, a large amount of unwanted furniture ends in landfills or being sent to incineration plants even though it could be still reused. The most common reason for people get rid of furniture is to replace it with new pieces.Slovaks annually throw away 239,735 tonnes of wooden and bulky waste. Of this amount wood-based furniture waste can constitute as much as 134,325 tonnes. On a per capita basis, this would amount to almost 25 kg of waste furniture, a waste study prepared in cooperation with Cyrkl, an international technology and consulting company specialising in circular waste management, and the furniture producer and retailer Ikea, found out.
“Particularly alarming is the fact that between 7,700 and 45,800 tonnes of this is furniture that is still usable,” the waste study reads. “All too often, the life of this furniture ends unnecessarily in landfill or salvage yards.”Approximately 254,062 tonnes of new furniture are sold annually in Slovakia. This represents 46.7 kg of furniture per person per year.The survey was conducted on a sample of 807 respondents aged 18-56 living in Slovakia. Of these, 401 were men (49.7 percent) and 406 women (50.3 percent). It took place between October 14 and 21, 2022.
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Address : Euro-Brew Ltd., Hlboká 22, 917 01 Trnava, Slovakia
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