Manutan gives office furniture a second life
Manutan, an e-tailer specialising in the distribution of equipment and supplies to businesses and local authorities, is launching its professional furniture collection service, encouraging its customers to adopt a circular approach.
Every year, businesses generate 250,000 tonnes of waste furniture, and only 4% of this is reused via eco-organisations and their partners*, leaving the remaining 96% to be sent to landfill or incinerated !
Faced with this situation, Manutan has chosen to adopt a more virtuous approach.
Following the creation of its IT equipment collection and recycling service in 2022, Manutan is now launching an all-in-one solution covering the entire take-back process from removal to reuse and recycling, for used business furniture in addition to office furniture (chairs, drawer units, tables, etc.).
A three-stage collection and recycling process
Throughout the process, Manutan implements full waste traceability, encouraging its customers to adopt a circular economy approach.
- Assessment: Manutan carries out a detailed inventory of items and determines the most appropriate channel: resale, donation, or recycling. As the most environmentally-friendly solution, reuse is always preferred.
- Clearance: Manutan then collects the furniture in accordance with the customer’s deadlines, guaranteeing traceability of flows.
- Recycling: Finally, Manutan guarantees the best possible second life for each product through its network of partners and eco-organisations.
For companies wishing to measure the impact of their approach, Manutan produces a CSR report on their collection, guaranteeing traceability throughout the process: waste tracking management, waste tracking slip (BSD — Bordereau de Suivi de Déchets), donation, recycling and resale certificates and financial report.
For a quotation, please contact the relevant department: devis-ec@manutan.fr
* Incineration, as a method of energy recovery, is currently considered as ‘green’.
Source: Valdelia