Ikea's Particle Board Off-Gases Well Under the...Do Ikea cabinets have formaldehyde?

The KUNGSBACKA line of cabinet faces are made from 100% recycled materials.The particleboard is made from factory-environment wood cut-offs as well as old broken pieces of furniture, and what Ikea refers to as the "foil" is a mixture of both post manufacturing and post consumer waste.

Ikea's publicity materials don't mention what kind of glue they use, despite the fact that a lot of people have picked up on the KUNGSBACKA story.For those of you who are not familiar with manufacturing, wood glue is used to bind the components of particle board together during its production process and subsequently to adhere laminates or veneer to it.The glue can cause offgases into the air.I avoid particle board because of this.

Lorenz Isler is the Sustainability Manager for Ikea Switzerland.

Ikea took an early and progressive focus on reducing formaldehyde to safe levels.I'm surprised that Ikea didn't trumpet this in their press materials, as it's good news for both the planet and their customers, but perhaps it was because it is old news to them.

While searching for Ikea's glue formula, I came across a lot of information about its use in manufacturing and its different standards around the world.If you readers, particularly industrial designers who work with particle board, plywood or MDF, would like me to go through the documentation and unpack everything to make it easier to understand, please

I would like to know more about the safety data and how IKEA fairs.I'm interested to know what the E1 standard is considered safe and how it fairs for safety, as someone who takes nothing for granted.This article has answered my questions better than IKEA can.

I always enjoy Rain Noe's articles, including this one.I would love to hear more about the glue's relation to the environment.

I would like to be able to read the documents, as I currently work with a lot of MFC products, if not here, then maybe a forum thread could be a good place to share it.

I am an industrial designer.I was born in NYC and thought I would die there, but a few years ago I moved to a farm in the countryside with my wife.There are six dogs.