Waste Prevention in a Furniture Factory

 France - Full scale

MANUFACTURE OF FURNITURE;MANUFACTURING N.E.C. # 1

Background

Hali Büromöbel GmbH established in 1942, is producer of office furniture. They are located in Eferding, Austria. The factory have a staff of 470. This case study presents experiences and results of waste and pollution prevention projects under PREPARE program

Cleaner Production Principles

Housekeeping; Product modification

Cleaner Production Application

The key points for the cleaner production project include,

Integration of "Ecodesign" criteria into the development of products, resulted in the production of water soluble lacquers and ecologically improved wood fiber and chip-boards.
Improvement and extension of waste segregation in production and other industrial operations.
The environmental protection officer is appointed to supervise the projects. He is involved in communication with the management and deciding the annual goals to guarantee long-term planning and control..
Publication of an eco-report.
The involvement of all the employees into the environmental activities.

Environmental and Economic Benefits

The project resulted in following benefits,

Waste avoidance measures and reuse of waste has resulted in 47% less industrial waste.
Quarterly data collections and analyses with a special software has resulted in an eighteen percent drop in use of raw materials.
50% reduction of water consumed for cooling

Constraints

None mentioned

Contacts

Günther Pressler
Hali Büromöbel GmbH
4070 Eferding, Austria
Tel: +43 7272/3731-213
 
PREPARE Pilot Project
DI Stefan Millonig/IÖW, Project Manager
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst
Frau Ines Gludovatz
Bankgasse 1
1014 Wien, Austria
Tel: +43 222 531 20-5151; Fax: +43 222 531 20-5155
 
Bundesministerium für Umwelt
Frau DI. Susanne Chlan
Reisnerstrasse 4
1031 Wien, Austria
Tel: +43 222 717 81-106; Fax: +43 222 717 81-208
 
BIT - Büro für Internationale Forschungs-
und Technologiekooperation
Frau Evelyn Sillipp
Wiedner Hauptstrasse 76
1042 Wien, Austria
Tel: +43 222 581 16 16-104; Fax: +43 222 581 16 16-16
 
ITF/ERP-Fonds
Mag. Christian Lossgott
Renngasse 5
1010 Wien, Austria
Tel: +43 222 53 464-4002; Fax: +43 222 53 464-4015

Project advice - five advice centers, i.e. five firms of consulting engineers were entrusted to take care of the individual projects of the companies.

Institut für angewandte integrierte Umwelt-technologie-ACETEC
Ing. Franz Hoinig
Reisnerstrasse 3/7
A-1030 Wien, Austria
Tel: +43 222 715 98 82; Fax: +43 222 715 98 82-9
 
Büro für Umweltverträglichkeitsbewertungen & Perspektiven
Erika Pichelmann
Burggasse 74/3
A-1070 Wien, Austria
Tel: +43 222 93 35 41; Fax: +43 222 93 35 42
 
Institut für Ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung - IÖW
Mag. Dr. Christine Jasch
Rechte Wienzeile 19/5
A-1043 Wien, Austria
Tel: +43 222 587 21 89; Fax: +43 222 587 09 71
 
Forschungsgesellschaft für Stoff-, Energie- und Umweltfragen STENUM GmbH
Dr. Johannes Fresner
STENUM Gmbh
Sparbersbachgasse 22/11
A-8010 Graz, Austria
Tel: +43 316 84 81 05-0*; Fax: +43 316 84 81 05-13
e-mail: stenum@glvt.tugraz.ac.at
 
Umweltorientierte Betriebsberatungs-, Forschungs- und Entsorgungsgesellschaft GmbH. UMBERA
Dr. Alois Geisslhofer
Schiessstrattring 25/4
A-3100 St. Pölten, Austria
Tel: +43 2742 79 2 69; Fax: +43 2742 79 4 59

Review Status

This case study was taken from the document "PREPARE Österreich: Initiative for Innovation and Ecological Awareness in Economy", available from the Bundesministerium für Umwelt cited above. This case study was edited for the ICPIC diskette in July 1997.

Subsequently the case study has undergone a technical review by Dr Prasad Modak at Environmental Management Centre, Mumbai, India, in September 1998.