Chances are you’ve spent a weekend following Ikea’s assembly instructions to put together a Billy Bookcase or a Malm Bed. Or, perhaps you’ve “hacked” a piece of Ikea furniture, a trend that finds DIY-enthusiasts adding their own personal touch to the mass produced pieces. Recently, Ikea launched the Repurposeful campaign: a collection of manuals detailing its own hacks that give a new life to furnishings that would otherwise be thrown out.

So far, there are twelve manuals available for free download on the Ikea website, and each is printed in the style of the brand’s famous assembly instructions: with simple black-and-white diagrams and minimal text.

The projects are split into three levels of difficulty, depending on your level of DIY expertise. At the easy end of the scale, you can transform a VARIERA plastic bag dispenser into a cleaning caddy, turn HEAT trivets into cork wall organizers, and fill a FABRIKÖR glass-door cabinet with plants to create a terrarium.

If you’ve got a bit more experience with tools, you can turn an AXSTAD cupboard door into a shoe shelf on wheels, or even create a beehive from an IVAR cabinet or a birdhouse from a BLANDA MATT salad bowl. One of the most popular projects, however, will surely be turning the brand’s iconic blue FRAKTA shopping bags into hanging gardens.

Sustainability and “fast furniture” might not be the most obvious pairing. With 445 Ikea stores around the world—which, according to Ikea, generated close to a billion store visits, not to mention 2.5 billion website visits in 2018—there’s no question that their products cause enormous amounts of waste. In recent years, however, the brand has launched a number of sustainable campaigns in an attempt to reduce its impact on our world.

The Repurposeful campaign is part of Ikea’s commitment to being a fully circular business by 2030, with an aim to create products that can be reused and then recycled. Ikea has also been experimenting with other circular initiatives, like furniture leasing, take-back and buy-back schemes, and helping customers repair, reuse, and recycle old furniture or give it a second life through resale markets.

A buy-back and resell service, for example, allows customers to return their used Ikea products to any Ikea store. Staff checks the condition and offers a valuation, which can be as high as 50% of the original value and is redeemable as in-store credit. Ikea says that in 2019 they gave 47 million recovered products a second life. They’ve also announced plans to start selling spare parts to prolong the life of the products in our homes.

“We really believe in the power of small, sustainable acts that people can take in their daily lives,” said Ami Warrington, Marketing Communications Specialist, Ikea Canada. “In addition to becoming a fully circular business by 2030, Ikea is committed to helping our customers and coworkers make lots of little changes, like with Repurposeful Instructions, to live more sustainably in easy and inspiring ways.”

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