KUNGSBACKA
Kitchen cabinets made entirely from recycled plastic bottles and reclaimed industrial wood
Twenty-five plastic bottles are used in each of these IKEA kitchen units, designed by Swedish studio Form Us With Love to make "sustainability available for everyone". The Kungsbacka units are IKEA's first kitchen cabinets to be made entirely from recycled plastic bottles and reclaimed industrial wood. "A plastic bottle is not waste; it is a resource," said Jonas Pettersson, Form Us With Love CEO. "Most importantly, this kitchen proves that these materials can be used for household goods in large-scale production." The kitchen's main structure is formed from reclaimed wood, while the coating is made from plastic bottles. With sustainable products often expensive to produce because of the extensive research and development required, the two companies had to work together to come up with production methods that would make the kitchen a "viable alternative" to those currently on the market. The company expects it to last for 25 years