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2. Wood is so renewable there is no excuse for using ancient forests.

Tue May 29, 2012, 11:44 AM

May 2012

Especially for Ikea's products which are simple furniture, many things are laminate.

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Ikea Products Made From 600-Year-Old Trees [View all] marmar May 2012 OP

Cool. So Ikea furniture is actually antique (nt) Nye Bevan May 2012 #1

Wood is so renewable there is no excuse for using ancient forests. postulater May 2012 #2

What is the life span of a typical piece of IKEA furniture? hedgehog May 2012 #3

It ain't 600 years, I can tell you that. louis-t May 2012 #4

That's because the assembly instructions are 600 years old too. HopeHoops May 2012 #5

And it takes another 600 years to assemble the damn thing begin_within May 2012 #6

Here's a photograph purporting to show proof lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #7