Circular economy trend in the furniture sector

The Circular Economy is an increasingly spread economic system based on three principles: eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials at their highest value, and regenerate nature.

The transition from a linear to a circular economy system is driven by new market opportunities while at the same time hindered by procurement, design, demand-side, closing-the-loop, and policy challenges.

The following topics are covered in this nugget:

• overview of circular economy trends in the furniture industry
• the main barriers to overcome in the adoption of a circular economy
• the circular economy practices currently applied in the furniture sector, by evidence of real industrial cases