Choosing sustainable materials: Plastic

The use of plastic at IKEA

We have phased out all single-use plastic from the home furnishing range and are eliminating plastic from our product packaging. Our goal is to only use plastic from renewable or recycled sources, which reduces waste and gives the product several lives through use and reuse.

“We are curious and committed to exploring, innovating and developing together with all our partners across whole value chain and with you as customers.”

Minh Nguyen
Material and Innovation Manager

“We need to rethink the way we design, produce and how we can reuse plastic material for products in IKEA.”

Erik Ljungblad
Plastic Category Manager

Working with waste

Finding new ways to work with recycled materials is key and using waste as a resource takes us one step closer to a more sustainable future.

Did you know?

PET is the most recycled plastic and can be used for many different purposes.

Together, we can do more

Our journey towards only using recycled or renewable based plastic will take some time and require new ways of doing things, but we are determined to take responsibility and find new solutions. We want to give our customers the possibility to choose products made from more sustainable materials that can be recycled again one day. Together, we can make a big difference!