#GREENGRIDZ FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION PANEL SCORES THE HIGHEST LEVEL ON THE LADDER OF LANSINK

By using #GREENGRIDZ, the furniture panel with a healthy mission, achieving the highest level on the ladder of Lansink becomes child's play. The patented GRID eliminates the need for materials. Simply not using material anymore is the most circular and scores the highest level on the R ladder.

WHAT IS THE LADDER OF LANSINK?

The Lansink Ladder is a standard in the field of waste management. The standard is named after the Dutch politician Ad Lansink, who tabled a motion in the Lower House in 1979 in favour of this method. Internationally, the general principle behind the Lansink Ladder is often referred to as the "waste hierarchy".

The waste policy aims to give priority to the most environmentally friendly treatment methods. These are at the top of the 'ladder'. Government policy must be aimed at having as much waste as possible 'climb' the Lansink Ladder. In practice, this means that it will always be examined whether a certain step can be achieved. Only if this is not the case will the next, lower step be considered.

The Lansink Ladder is made up of the following 'steps':

- prevention

- reuse

- sorting and recycling

- burn

- pour

In the National Waste Management Plan 2002 - 2012 (LAP) the classification has been refined:

- quantitative prevention: the generation of waste is prevented or limited

- qualitative prevention: substances and materials are used in the manufacture of substances, preparations or other products which, after use, are

product does not cause any, or the least possible, adverse effects on the environment

- product recovery: substances, preparations or other products are reused as such after use

- material recovery: substances and materials of which a product is composed are reused after the use of the product

- fuel recovery: waste is applied with a primary use as fuel or for other means to generate energy

- incineration as a form of disposal: waste is disposed of by incineration on land

- landfilling: waste is landfilled

60% TO 90% LESS MATERIAL FOR A #GREENGRIDZ DESK OR TABLE TOP OF 24MM

A 24mm #GREENGRIDZ lightweight desk or table top uses 60% less material than a solid chipboard or plywood top. With a 100mm sheet, only 10% solid material is left in the lightweight construction. 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!

USING LESS MATERIAL MEANS RECYCLING LESS MATERIAL.

Solid furniture panels are used for almost all furniture applications. As a result, many raw materials are required and the panels are very heavy in terms of weight. Because they also contain volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde, traditional furniture panels often do not score higher on the ladder than the level of recycling or recovery (energy recovery in the form of combustion of raw materials). The two lowest steps of the Lansink ladder.

THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY CAN NOW MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE REDUCTION OF RAW MATERIALS AND CO2

The social task in terms of health, sustainability and circularity is to use resources sparingly, produce no waste and save CO2. From now on, the furniture industry can make a substantial contribution to the realisation of this so that the waste-free society and circular economy will become a reality. Simply changing the furniture panel will change your score from the lowest to the highest step on the ladder.

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