Circle
OF LIFE
Koskela retail store
Australia’s first B Corp furniture company announces commitment to full circularity by 2027, taking sustainable furniture design to new heights.
A
ustralia has a fast furniture
To put this in perspective, it’s estimated that the
problem, with research showing
amount of furniture dumped in Sydney’s landfills
that each year, the weight of
every year is the equivalent of 800,000 three-
furniture thrown out by Australian
seater sofas, 1.65 million dining tables, 3.4 million
households (222,600 tonnes) is more than four
coffee tables or 6.85 million chairs.
times the weight of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Conscious of this waste and aiming to be part of
While furniture used to be made to last a lifetime,
the solution, sustainable furniture retailer, Koskela,
in recent decades there has been a decrease
has introduced its inaugural Circularity Action
in overall quality and an increase in perceived
Plan, committing to total circularity by 2027.
disposability. Much like the rise of fast fashion,
“Total circularity means that nothing Koskela
there has been a sharp increase in mass-produced
makes will ever end up in landfill,” says Koskela co-
fast furniture too.
founder and CEO, Sasha Titchkosky.
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