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Ikea to eliminate all plastic packaging by 2028

November 24, 2021

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Ikea will systematically phase out plastic packaging across its products over the next seven years, as part of the company’s larger goal to become “fully circular.”

The furniture conglomerate will ensure all new Ikea products will come in plastic-free packaging by 2025, with the exception of some food products, while all existing products will be packaged without plastic by 2028.

Ikea currently spends over $113 billion on approximately 920,000 tons of packaging material, which is mostly cardboard and paper, as the company shifted away from using polystyrene packaging several years ago.

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