IKEA is one of the world’s largest consumers of wood. Almost 15 million cubic meters of the material are used every year in cheap IKEA products — with millions of trees felled for the mass production
The rabbit goes way deeper than that, and it hasn't been addressed in this video. Most of this companies do not exploit the forests that they own, but they outsource wood from illegal cuttings in the area where they own forests, and this means that at least 90% of their wood doesn't come from the forests that they own. What you've seen in this video is only the tip of the iceberg.
IKEA needs to plant it's own forest for profit and not cut down ancient forest!!!! These old forests have an established ecosystem and should be never cut down.
it's frustrating to see how quick forests are being cut down in Romania, all in the name of profit...Ikea must be boycotted and Romsilva needs a radical change
Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, parts of Poland will all lose their forests because of corruption.
What IKEA says and what IKEA does are two totally different things.
As a woodworker, I've visited large scale production shops (not IKEA), and the amount of waste is astounding. If a board has defects, it's simply thrown in the bin. Why? Because in a mass-production environment, there's no time to repair defects or fill them with epoxy. I've built entire projects from scraps they would otherwise throw in the bin.
Every independent woodworker I've met treats wood with respect, to the point that almost nothing goes to waste. For hundreds of thousands of years, we relied on individual makers without levelling entire forests. It's time we returned to that. Not to mention, you get better quality furniture that can be passed down for generations.
Man... the hypocrisy of IKEA's spokesperson is infuriating. If DW hadn't started asking tough questions and demanding answers, not a single tree would have been planted. It's hard to believe they would have acted at all without public scrutiny. thank you DW.
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What IKEA says and what IKEA does are two totally different things.
Thank-you DW for showing this.
Every independent woodworker I've met treats wood with respect, to the point that almost nothing goes to waste. For hundreds of thousands of years, we relied on individual makers without levelling entire forests. It's time we returned to that. Not to mention, you get better quality furniture that can be passed down for generations.