BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Flokk AS has a long tradition of being pioneers on sustainability. Since the 1990s, Flokk has been working continuously to create environmentally efficient office furniture with a high focus on, among other things, sustainable materials from recycled and fossil-free renewable sources. However, technical and logistical challenges such as material quality, cosmetic properties and stable delivery of recycled materials have limited development towards total sustainable solutions. Flokk now intends to increase the use of recycled material in its products dramatically, to reduce the carbon footprint of the products and to help create a market for, among other things, recycled plastic. This will in turn could help to increase the collection, sorting and recycling of plastic and other resources astray. The purpose of the project was to break down barriers and enable a breakthrough solution to meet the goal of 100% recycled and recyclable material, while enabling new circular business models and value-added value chain constellations. Such a process requires the creation of innovative new material supply chains, as well as custom materials and circular product design. This project combined material and technical expertise with value chain and logistics expertise to enable a transition to a total circular production at Flokk. The project has strengthened Flokk's position as pioneers on sustainability and contributed to Flokk's ability to retain its position as the foremost player in the furniture industry in the circular economy. Flokk has during the project intensified the work on increasing the share of available recycled post-consumer plastics in their existing portfolio, where a large number of components in the PA and PP virgin plastics currently undergo migration to recycled PP. SINTEF has prepared an overview of current material flows to identify interesting sources of recycled plastics and the possibility of exploiting identified sources. From the start of the project in 2018, the first step was to specify the requirements for material properties in selected products. Several of the components have been approved for production during the course of the project, while for some parts problems were identified. In individual cases, recycled material has not had sufficient rigidity, but for other problems such as surface defaults and fractures, it has been necessary to analyze the problems further before material requirements are specified. On the basis of this analysis, the project has defined a test plan that will form the basis for evaluation of material candidates. This will provide the starting point for assessing whether material qualities of recycled plastic meets the requirements, and how materials should be modified to meet requirements. The project has systematically built up a better decision base in the development of circular business models, interaction with external players included. We utilized expertise from the project as input to DFØ's development of "criteria set and guidance for green and circular furniture procurement". In work package1, the project's overall competence was summarized as input to the process, and Flokk and SINTEF was represented in DFØ's expert group and reference group in the development of the new guidance. Including, among other things, increased use of EPD and the understanding of the concept of recyclability. Selling seating-as-service influences Flokk's business models, and the project explored its significance for, among other things, financial management. Central to this is which KPIs are right for measuring the value a business model that sells chair as a service. The project has developed a framework for return logistics and closed supply chains based on literature, case studies and customer needs. This provides an overview of critical elements to achieve improved circular performance in the supply chain. The framework has been taken into account when preparing a return logistics strategy for Flokk. The strategy addresses important elements of the framework such as the customer's role, partnership and network, collection, sorting, dismantling, renovation and transport. In addition, the strategy takes into account key processes such as supplier evaluation that affect the potential for closed supply chains and that a set of guidelines for design principles has been developed to increase the potential for disassembly. The aim of the guidelines is to reduce the total time it takes to dismantle the chair model while enabling the life of the chairs to be extended by replacing only defective parts.

WP1 1)Off innkjøp. Påvirke nasjonal CE/innkjøpsstrategi. Innspill til DFØ og Oslo/Trheim komm - Transparent, kvantitativ miljødok (EPD/LCA). Påvirke internasjonalt - sirkulære anbud Nederland. Hindre komplekse verktøy - Mister tid, fokus, cred 2)Best practice/Company metrics model i CE. Innsikt gj «Sirkulær regnskapsklynge» - innspill for innsalg ledelse, eksternt pull sirkulære produkt/CBM, KPI/krav vs investorer WP2 1)Innsikt kilder/matrstrømmer/innsamling/gjenvinning/partnere 2)Tilknytning kompetent miljø/lab v SINTEF, innsikt marked sekundær plast 3)Strategier for økt andel PCR, testing nye matr - styrke u/ fiber, farget rPP 4)Innsikt resirkulerbarhet - strategi, definisjon WP3 1)Strukturert oversikt - beslutningsgrunnlag videre vei 2)Design for disassy vs lønnsom returlogistikk. Ny innsikt - optimering av Flokk øko design regler 3)Sourcing - innspill sirkulære faktorer for supplier vurdering, evne til å delta i sirkulære verdikjeder 4)Nye tjenester returlogistikk

Effort to create a sustainable furniture have had high focus on sustainability sourced materials from recycled or non-fossil renewable sources. But technical and organisation limitations such as material quality, cosmetic properties and stable supply of recycled materials have limited the development of totally sustainable solutions. This project proposes to break down the barriers and enable a breakthrough solution based on target of 100% recycled materials that is itself 100% recyclable. This process will require the establishment of innovative new material supply chains and adapted design. This project will combine material and technical competence with value chain and logistics expertise to enable a transition to a totally circular production at Flokk AS.