Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push
by barumi on Monday October 19, 2020 @02:25PM
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> (...) they're all particle board and, yes, bad quality.
That's not true. The Billy line is a mix of particleboard and a MDF backboard/diaphragm, but the Kalax/Lack lines are composite panels built from fiberboard, plywood, and a cardboard cell core. And they are superb, specially given their price and also weight.
Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push
by QuercusMax on Monday October 19, 2020 @12:30PM
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I think you got that backwards - it used to be EXPEDIT, but now it's KALLAX.
(Source: I just bought a whole bunch of cube-shelving from IKEA - Kallax is all over, but Expedit is nowhere to be found.)
I don't know what you're talking about... all the "classic" IKEA items like the BILLY bookshelf, the KALLAX (now EXPEDIT) shelves, the LACK table, the MALM chests... they're all particle board and, yes, bad quality. (Which is OK since they're cheap, that's the whole point.)
Yes you've always also been able to buy solid wood stuff, like certain tables and chairs or more expensive items, but that stuff isn't replacing the classic particle-board pieces. It's not like IKEA's been moving to higher-quality stuff on the whole.