Simply not using the material anymore is the most circular.
Almost all workstations are made of solid furniture panels. With this application, many raw materials are needed and the panels are very heavy. The social task in terms of health, sustainability and circularity is to use raw materials sparingly, produce no waste and save CO2. Who would have thought that making furniture could make a substantial contribution to this? By applying #GREENGRIDZ, the furniture panel with a healthy mission, achieving these objectives becomes child's play.
A 19 mm #GREENGRIDZ desktop uses 60% less material than a solid chipboard or plywood desktop. With a 100 mm desktop, only 10 % of solids are used in the lightweight construction compared to conventional solid boards. With #GREENGRIDZ, depending on the thickness of the panel, between 60 and 90% less raw material is extracted from Mother Earth. The material is simply not needed anymore to make a strong lightweight furniture construction. This avoids the use of materials. It doesn't get more sustainable and circular than that!
We can now make furniture applications healthy, lightweight and super strong by reinventing furniture. Together with architects, furniture manufacturers and interior builders, we will make an impact by giving concrete substance to the social circular challenge.
The #GREENGRIDZ furniture panel is the replacement for the solid non-reusable furniture panel. This innovative basic material is made in the Netherlands from waste streams. The panel can be made up of different types of waste, and therefore raw materials. The source is cellulose fibres from cardboard, old clothes, milk cartons, straw, hemp and waste wood, among others. These raw materials are bonded under temperature and pressure to form strong panels. No toxic binders or other harmful substances are added. These boards are pressed into a strong and lightweight furniture panel that is versatile in use. We make them into desk tops, tables, cabinets, walls, doors, kitchens, pantries, acoustic panels and much more.
Since a load of #GREENGRIDZ panels weighs less, the truck's engine has to work less. As a result, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are significantly lower compared to a load of traditional solid furniture panels. #GREENGRIDZ is made in the Netherlands. This way, we always produce close to our customers, minimising CO2 emissions and environmental impact compared to panels shipped from far away.
In the Netherlands, the maximum weight of a truck including cargo is set at 40,000 kg. In practice, this means that trailers with solid board materials can only be half-loaded. As a result, the load factor is only 50% of the total volume that can be transported. With #GREENGRIDZ, trailers can be loaded to 100% due to their light weight, which in turn saves kilometres and CO2. The weight per m2 of a 38 mm furniture panel is approximately 18 kg for plywood, 25 kg for chipboard and 8 kg for #GREENGRIDZ.
TRIBOO turns 'worthless' waste streams of plastic and natural fibres into 'valuable' circular office furnishings with upcyling techniques. As a circular supply chain, we design, manufacture and deliver circular products. Furnish healthy and responsible projects. Develop innovative products or high-profile concepts with their own identity and sustainable story.
Our mission is clear and uncompromising: to make every piece of furniture in the Netherlands healthy, responsible and circular. The more manufacturers, interior builders and furnishers start working with this, the bigger our impact will be.
TRIBOO functions as a bank that temporarily lends its valuable resources to organisations in the form of furniture panels or furniture. When the customer, due to changes in organisation or market, has to function differently and needs different furniture to facilitate this, TRIBOO gets the furniture back. For the new demand we develop and produce new circular furniture from the same raw material. A desktop can be transformed into a kitchen, a wall, a flower box or into a desktop again. With a design based on the identity of the organisation.
Ordered today, delivered tomorrow. A service we use every day when ordering products via the internet. Simple and easy! In the furniture industry, waiting 6 to 10 weeks is quite normal. This has to change and #GREENGRIDZ takes care of it. Through a fully LEAN production process, we are able to deliver custom furniture panels in record time. The #GREENGRIDZ are made in the Netherlands. This makes us flexible, fast and always close by. The CO2 emissions delivered from the place of production to the place of destination are minimal.
#GREENGRIDZ comes in over 125 different finishes. In all possible colours and wood decors. The healthy customised furniture panels are fully customisable. Whatever your taste, we have it.
All the operations you need, applied as standard, down to the last millimetre. Drilling holes, sawing, milling recesses and even making joints. The #GREENGRIDZ panel arrives at your project and can be processed immediately.