2. why ecodesign? image source: WRAP 80% of environmental impacts of a product or service can be locked-in at the design stage

6. source: tom dixon

7. source: tom dixon

8. source: inhabitat, Droog, Jens Praet

9. source: Raw Nerve

10. source: Droog

11. source: Maria Elena Moretti

12. so, why are companies and designers looking at the issue?

13. 400,000 tonnes of furniture is dumped every year in the UK business in the community 2008 “ “

14. Image www.castlereagh.gov.uk £32 Landfill Tax UK Landfill tax in the UK has risen from £7.00 per tonne in 1996 to £32.00 in 2008

15. source: UNEP

16. how do we design out impacts?

18. source: Steelcase, Herman MIller

19. life cycle thinking Material Processing Production Packaging Transport/Retail Consumption Waste Landfill Remanufacturing/Repurposing Source: CRR & Envirowise (2007) An Introduction to Remanufacturing GG773 Product reuse Material recycling and reuse Energy from Waste Reduce Reuse Repair Refurbish Remanufacture Repurpose Recover Recycle

23. case studies

28. furniture industry research association Envirowise orangebox, formway, herman miller, steelcase The Sustainable Furnishings Council