Environment
„In case of doubt, the ecological aspect has priority over quick profit.“ Mission Statement of the Administrative Board,1989
In 1992 we developed Picto, the first completely recyclable office swivel chair, and proved innovative products can be designed and produced ecologically. Environmental responsibility does, after all, start with product design. As a proactive thinker, we demonstrate our innovative strength in ecological matters too: with environmentally favourable product processes, in the utilization of environmentally compatible materials, with a sophisticated value-added packaging system, in waste disposal or in the utilization of low-solvent lacquer.
Little things always cause the biggest problems
Every Wilkhahn employee has absorbed this environmental behaviour: the coffee vending machines, located in many areas, used to dispense coffee in plastic cups - totalling some 250,000 per year. Some employees suggested that everyone should bring his or her own cup along and insert it under the coffee dispenser. The manufacturer expressed his regret: brewing coffee - dispensing cups - filling the machine was a complicated control operation which could, unfortunately, not be altered. Our carpenters just wedged a piece of wood into the dispensing shaft. The cups stayed inside and coffee came out.
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