IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push

Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by lnsru on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:49AM (#24824423)

Same model of Kallax shelf now is made from paper. Price is even higher. I have older wooden models. The new one has even slightly different size. I was taken by surprise.

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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by the_mitsuhiko on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:58AM (#24824485)

Kallax was never made from "wood". The new one is quite study particle board filled with honey comb paper, the old one was very thin MDF with carton spacers. I have both an old expedit and a new kallax and there is no noticable difference. The main downfall of both is the coating with is thin and easy to destroy.

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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by lnsru on Monday October 19, 2020 @06:58AM (#24825113)

Obviously I bought something else than IKEA product some 15 years ago. It was 5x5 huge wooden shelf. Had problems to lift parts of it and sold later for more than I paid. Deal of lifetime!

Expedit and Kallax have different size, German description: https://new-swedish-design.de/de/blog/expedit-vs.-kallax-reg...

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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by the_mitsuhiko on Monday October 19, 2020 @07:40AM (#24825377)

> Expedit and Kallax have different size

Yes, but Kallax is IKEA's official replacement for Expedit.

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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by Ma8ee on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:19AM (#24824615)

The predecessor of Kallax was also made from paper (and it was called Expedit). I know because I hade to saw it apart to be able to lug it to the recycling.

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