Environment
There's a gap between aspiring to live more eco-sustainably and actually doing it, and this is usually due to not knowing how to do it.
Scandy carefully selects suppliers based on
important criteria such as eco-sustainability, not only of the product, but also of the industrial processes, choosing brands that use recycled and recyclable materials to guarantee a product that will last over time.
Because when you buy a product made to last you are also helping the environment. In the production of upholstered furniture, for example, enormous amounts of energy and resources are used. Not to mention the waste produced by disposing of the product once its life cycle has ended. This means that if you are forced to change chairs every two or three years, you will contribute to creating a mountain of waste and consuming a considerable amount of resources.
Choose certified companies that use energy
renewables, recycled plastic and aluminium, following a circular economy philosophy, is a concrete help for the planet.
Have you thought about your health?
Maybe it's something you don't immediately think about when buying a durable good, but buying a quality good is often the best for your health. To keep production costs low, many manufacturers of lower-quality chairs use chemicals known as VOCs (volatile organic compounds).
You know when you unpack a chair and you smell something new? This is actually often a mixture of VOCs commonly found in paints, plastics and fabrics, trapped by packaging and released into your home or workspace upon opening. These can cause unpleasant effects ranging from headaches to even more serious consequences.
The guarantee protects the purchase and the environment
The products chosen by Scandy are accompanied by the most important environmental certifications such as Mobelfakta and Greenguard, which guarantee their safety. The products chosen by Scandy benefit from the manufacturer's guarantee, which in some cases, such as the HÅG chairs, exceeds 10 years. This can happen because HÅG is confident that its materials are intended to last a long time.
Not only. Each chair can be dismantled into individual pieces, and in case of replacement only the defective piece is changed. This allows us to limit both the impact of transport on the carbon footprint and the volume of new waste disposed of into the environment.
Choosing consciously is the first step to creating a collective environmental awareness.
