https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54531619
Ikea, the world's biggest furniture business, is planning a second-hand furniture venture.
The Swedish giant will next month launch a scheme to buy back your unwanted Billy bookcases, and certain other of its furniture items you no longer need or want.
Under the plan, it will offer vouchers worth up to 50% of the original price, to be spent at its stores.
The "Buy Back" initiative will launch to coincide with Black Friday.
"By making sustainable living more simple and accessible, Ikea hopes that the initiative will help its customers take a stand against excessive consumption this Black Friday and in the years to come," it said in reference to 27 November, when lots of retailers offer discounts on their products.
I have to admit, this doesn't sound particularly eco-friendly to me. First of all, Ikea don't have loads of stores, so if the items to be recycled need to be taken back there, then some people will need to transport them quite a distance. Secondly, if a piece of furniture is still usable, then I'd have thought it would make more sense to keep using it than to buy a new one .
I suppose the one positive point is, they do intend to try and re-sell any items that are still in decent condition - which I hope will at least mitigate this to some extent...
Ikea, the world's biggest furniture business, is planning a second-hand furniture venture.
The Swedish giant will next month launch a scheme to buy back your unwanted Billy bookcases, and certain other of its furniture items you no longer need or want.
Under the plan, it will offer vouchers worth up to 50% of the original price, to be spent at its stores.
The "Buy Back" initiative will launch to coincide with Black Friday.
"By making sustainable living more simple and accessible, Ikea hopes that the initiative will help its customers take a stand against excessive consumption this Black Friday and in the years to come," it said in reference to 27 November, when lots of retailers offer discounts on their products.
I have to admit, this doesn't sound particularly eco-friendly to me. First of all, Ikea don't have loads of stores, so if the items to be recycled need to be taken back there, then some people will need to transport them quite a distance. Secondly, if a piece of furniture is still usable, then I'd have thought it would make more sense to keep using it than to buy a new one .
I suppose the one positive point is, they do intend to try and re-sell any items that are still in decent condition - which I hope will at least mitigate this to some extent...
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