What will be the price Could not give a figure

Pioneer of sustainable development, Steelcase development for several years on eco-design. The goal is to design the life completely recyclable office furniture. The manufacturer has made another step and devised a solution for the furniture of its purchasers of new customers. A logic supply. Because if the buyers are receptive to the discourse on eco-design, their immediate problem is often more prosaic: how to get rid of existing equipment, for example in a move

Reclaimed furniture can undergo two different destinies. At Steelcase, emphasis on recycling perfectly in line with the House strategy. "The objective is to close the loop of the eco-design." All the work of Steelcase since almost ten years, which is to achieve eco-designed products and which can easily be recycled, has no meaning if they are not in the end. "It is a matter of consistency," said the pamphlet. The offer of Steelcase was mounted in partnership with the network envy. This national structure, including using people insertion, already has 30 workshops in the France for "waste electrical and electronic equipment" recycling (WEEE). "We employ staff trained for this work.". Office furniture should not be a problem. "If the objects are of course different from what we today, how to work on the other hand the same", ensures Richard Debauve, President of the Federation want.

Deploy its offer

Steelcase, which has already replied to a few tenders, is responsible to assess the difficulty of the task and to calculate the cost of delivery. If the Group wants to make this offer a "profit centre", not question to lose money. The "pay" offer is "reserved clients to Steelcase and including those that outsource us their orders of nine furniture", says the brochure. What will be the price "Could not give a figure." Everything depends on the nature of the furniture and especially of the location of the company. "The response will be very different if it is a downtown with the duty of multiply trips small vehicles or a site more device that allows parking nearby dumpsters", says Sylvie Etancelin, responsible for Steelcase products end of life recovery. To accelerate the deployment of its offer, Steelcase is poised to sign agreements with other companies specialized in recycling.

There is a simple alternative and yet more "green" recycling: reuse. A runway is not a priority for Steelcase. Furniture "soiled but still functioning will be reused by associations or companies," says the group. In fact, they will be given to associations or resold to companies through brokers, said Sylvie Etancelin. However, the resumption of furniture is not new. Jean-François-Blanchet-Dhuismes launched this activity in France 40 years ago. Today, alongside other actors such as occasional ' buro, Locaburo is the specialized in the opportunity in the Office furniture group Blanchet-Dhuismes, historical actor: "this represents 15 to 20 of the turnover of the undertaking, but a margin much more important, since we often take furniture for nothing.". Our costs related to delivery State, handling, transport and storage. "In companies, the equipment is often in good condition, provides Jean-François Blanchet-Dhuismes, by also dealer for Steelcase:"the times are often with equipment often with three, five and maximum of 10 years and which may have a second life." What in terms of sustainable development is even more interesting than recycling. "His company has 6,000 square metres of warehouses for the rehabilitation and furniture storage.

The opportunity is not a panacea, provides Sylvie Etancelin: "the market is saturated." In addition, even when he is in good condition, the furniture is sometimes not saleable, because it no longer corresponds to the application. Finally when the furniture is not over, he went often directly in the trash or in reception without be recycled. "Steelcase awaits the result of large tenders for contracts of several thousands of positions.