MDF Chipboard End of Life Recycling
๐โ๐บ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐.
Kitchens, bench tops, a set of drawers; most of its made from laminate or melamine over MDF or chipboard. I went looking to see what the leading manufacturers say about end of life. Almost all of them land on the same answer: safe to landfill, dispose of responsibly, maybe waste to energy if you're lucky.
What is hard to find is circular options. From what we can see, it's limited or aspirational targets for the future.
So we decided to make our own, which we call betterJOINERY. Its not perfect, however you can leave it Exposed or apply a high-pressure laminate to our substrate if you donโt want the recycled look. Key for saveBOARD is that thereโs no new process required, we literally shred up the offcuts and end of life, add heat and pressure, and it becomes a new board.
It's not that hard to be responsible, choose differently next time you are specifying.
