The Why Waste Wood Workers from Central Java, Indonesia
When waste wood furniture wasn’t a trend yet, Bima & Rani started to work with waste wood from old houses, boats, trucks and barns and naturally fallen trees because little was being recycled and was left to decompose at landfill sites. The simplicity of producing something worthwhile out of discarded materials appealed to them as well as the fact that leaving waste wood to decompose will releases the same amount of carbon as when it was being burned.
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You may find nails, screws, bolts filled cavities along with other imperfections as a token of its history. Their team consist of local Indonesian craftsmen from the surrounding villages who create the furniture by hand in a traditional manner.
Key facts
200 in house and 800 in surrounding villages
V Legal responsible timber certification
Social programs to support local social projects, notable is the donation of an ambulance to help medical response in COVID times.
The pioneering spirit in recycling waste wood, the elegant simplicity of real waste wood furniture.
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Originalhome’s aim is to create as many jobs as possible in the poorer regions of this world. Our partners are entrepreneurs that work with a sustainable and social mission in mind. We build partnerships, apply the principles of fair trade and pre-finance materials and equipment. Our partners vary from mid-sized professional businesses with fair trade certifications to small startups. Meet the ambitious makers behind originalhome!
