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Recycling materials containing heavy metals

Implementation

IKEA is eliminating lead, cadmium, and chrome from their products and using recycled or recyclable metals wherever possible in their products. To help create a flow balance to offset the mercury in their low-energy light bulbs, IKEA is taking back used fluorescent light bulbs and recycling them in order to capture the mercury they contain and keep it from going to landfills.

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Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(G) Very specific strategies
Subject
  • Fundamental sciences » Material
  • Fundamental sciences » Metallic elements and alloys
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Jul 19, 2021