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Why choose eco-friendly furniture for our children?
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Choosing eco-friendly furniture for children proves beneficial for them as well as for the environment.
The awareness about natural resource management has the merit of returning to manufacturing that is not only virtuous but also more solid and durable. What's good for nature and good for your children is also good for your budget.
Why choose eco-friendly furniture for your children's room?
Choosing eco-friendly furniture is beneficial both at the family level and on a global scale.
This is the choice Chambrekids has made for its furniture manufacturing. Since our creation, we have opted for an eco-responsible approach to limit our environmental impacts while preserving our children's health.
Maintaining a healthy atmosphere in our homes and especially in children's rooms
The indoor air in our homes often proves to be highly polluted. We are exposed to emissions from our household products, air fresheners, coatings, paints, furniture, etc. Although these pollutants remain invisible to the naked eye, they load the confined atmosphere of homes. Indeed, homes often suffer from a lack of ventilation. This is particularly true in cities where residents fear opening their windows due to noise... and outdoor pollution.
More generally, many of us forget to ventilate in winter to avoid losing heating energy. However, even when it's very cold, it is recommended to create airflow for a few minutes to renew the atmosphere.
Toxic emissions from furniture can be generated by several elements, but paints, varnishes, and glues are the most culpable. They are more concentrated when the furniture is new, but some synthetic materials release harmful substances for a very long time.
VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) are most often pointed out, as they are found in the composition of many paints used in furniture manufacturing. Formaldehyde is the most famous VOC.
Children, and especially infants, spend considerable time in their room. Polluted air means their lungs are constantly under assault, at an age when they are so fragile and still developing. Children are then exposed to the risk of developing allergies, as well as recurring lung conditions such as asthma.
Environmental protection through eco-friendly furniture
Eco-friendly furniture contributes to environmental protection in several ways.
Plant-based raw materials — wood, cotton, etc. — come from sustainable plantations that help preserve nature without depleting it.
These quality materials allow for the manufacture of durable furniture, which limits the amount of resources needed.
A manufacturer committed to responsible practices will use paints and coatings that do not produce harmful emissions.
These furniture items are delivered in the most environmentally responsible way possible, using recycled packaging.
Furthermore, eco-friendly children's furniture manufacturers are increasingly ingenious in offering convertible furniture. This allows you to buy a single piece of furniture that will follow your child's entire growth, evolving for example from cradle to child's bed, passing through the intermediate stage of a crib.
Convertible furniture is clever because their elements change function during transformations. For the baby bed for example, the changing table transforms into a bedside table when the furniture is assembled in its child bed form.
You spend less, your child is happy to enjoy furniture adapted to their age that changes over time, while you reduce the amount of raw materials needed, as well as deliveries that increase the carbon footprint.
What are the criteria for eco-friendly furniture?
Here are the main criteria to consider to ensure you choose eco-friendly furniture.
It is important to prioritize French manufacturing.
On one hand, the carbon footprint from transporting your eco-friendly furniture will be lower, unlike furniture coming from the other side of the world.
On the other hand, by working with a French manufacturer, you support the French economy, which is crucial for our country's well-being.
Wood remains the preferred raw material for manufacturing eco-friendly furniture, provided that any cutting is offset by planting. There are programs that offer you all the guarantees regarding ecological forest management.
The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification to which Chambrekids adheres, has set itself the mission of ensuring sustainable forest management. When a manufacturer commits to this type of organization, you can be certain that the term "eco-friendly furniture" is not misused.
The main pollutants in the atmosphere of homes in general, and children's rooms in particular, come from coatings and paints.
At Chambrekids, for the manufacture of our furniture, we use water-based paint, containing no VOCs or solvents.
You thus eliminate any risk of toxic emissions. Moreover, you benefit from furniture that does not release any odors, unlike furniture using non-ecological materials that poison your sense of smell — along with your lungs — during the first months after installation.
The first mission for a virtuous manufacturer is to produce as little waste as possible. It is quite obvious that zero waste proves impossible.
Today, we financially contribute to waste recovery programs. However, offcuts can be integrated in other forms or recycled. The ultimate goal being to make the best use of raw materials.
The production of eco-friendly furniture begins with the choice of raw materials used to manufacture it and ends when it is delivered to your home.
Furniture transportation requires sturdy packaging to avoid damage, but the materials used for this purpose should be recycled.
Many manufacturers today choose to work only with recycled packaging, as is the case with Chambrekids.
These packages are just as reliable and robust, but do not require the use of additional resources.
Choosing eco-friendly furniture is crucial for our children's future and for the environment. They also ensure you have quality furniture that will last a long time without deteriorating.
In the end, besides taking care of your child's health, you are managing your budget wisely.