39 Ecology In this context, it was helpful that Girsberger Customized Furniture had been involved since 2021 in the development of the Cloud Sofa. An estimated one million mattresses are thrown away and incinerated every year in Switzerland alone. The idea for the Cloud Sofa arose in an attempt to counteract that – in partnership with FINK Product Design and the MAKE FURNITURE CIRCULAR (MFC) initiative led by Eva Bucherer. They came up with a way of re-using the secondary raw material of the foam in old mattresses to make the Cloud Sofa. The whole value-added chain was set up specifically for the sofa, but with the idea always in mind that the secondary raw material could be made available for many other products. The Cloud Sofa is the first sofa to be made from recycled mattresses. This pilot project led to valuable findings and possible ways to implement the circular economy in making new furniture. The Cloud Sofa is not part of the Girsberger collection and is only made to order. But the findings from this pilot project were important in advancing the development of the circular economy armchair project described above. Mathias Seiler The secondary raw material for the upholstery of the Cloud Sofa is reclaimed from waste mattresses that have been shredded and cleaned. The whole value-added chain was set up in Switzerland specifically for the sofa, but with the idea always in mind that the secondary raw material could be made available for many other products. Link to the website: https://cloudsofa.ch/home.html Cloud Sofa
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