Study on possibilities and potentials for re-use in the furniture segment
Abstract
With the EU Waste Framework Directive and the introduction of the new waste hierarchy, activities in the area of re-use have moved more and more into the awareness of the acting persons. In the furniture sector, specific problems arise not least due to the size and bulkiness of the products and the associated difficulties with regard to logistics and storage. However, there has been no systematic recording of the type and number of channels through which furniture is re-used, nor has there been any information on the quantities currently re-used. The aim of the study is therefore to conduct an Austria-wide survey on the existing offer for the re-use of furniture. The following details will be considered: a.Which offer of re-use channels (delivery and purchase/use) exists in the individual federal provinces? b.How much furniture is currently being reused in the individual federal states? Can a benchmark be defined? c.What possibilities for optimisation can be identified in a comparison of the federal states or in an international comparison? d.What potential is there to involve companies and municipalities in a ReUse furniture network? e.What is the most efficient way to collect data in the future in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/19?
waste prevention Re-Use Furniture Circular Economy
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Project staff
Gudrun Obersteiner
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Gudrun Obersteiner
gudrun.obersteiner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81319
Project Leader
01.11.2021 - 31.10.2022
Peter Beigl
Dipl.-Ing. Mag.rer.soc.oec. Peter Beigl
peter.beigl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81314
Project Staff
01.11.2021 - 31.10.2022
Elisabeth Schmied
Dipl.-Ing. Elisabeth Schmied
elisabeth.schmied@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81331
Project Staff
01.11.2021 - 31.10.2022