{"id":24089,"date":"2018-05-02T08:09:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T06:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modern-wilderness.flywheelsites.com\/?p=24089"},"modified":"2018-05-02T08:09:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T06:09:30","slug":"humanscale-launches-first-ever-task-chair-made-with-recycled-fishing-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officerepublic.news\/en\/2018\/05\/humanscale-launches-first-ever-task-chair-made-with-recycled-fishing-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanscale Launches First-Ever Task Chair Made with Recycled Fishing Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humanscale <\/strong><\/a><\/span>is thrilled to introduce the Smart Ocean chair, an inventive adaption of the legendary Diffrient Smart chair<\/a><\/span> that incorporates almost 2 lbs. (0,9 kg) of recycled fishing net material (NetPlus). Sourced from Bureo<\/a><\/span>, an emerging venture developing innovative solutions to prevent ocean plastic pollution, this is the first tangible product of its new partnership and marks the first product available to purchase from the consortium of companies under the NextWave<\/a> initiative.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cFishing nets comprise approximately 10% of the plastic pollution in the ocean today,<\/em>\u201d says Humanscale Founder and CEO Robert King. \u201cOur partnership with Bureo helps further our goal to achieve a net positive impact on our natural environment. The Smart Ocean task chair not only supports the health and comfort of our customers, but actually removes plastic from the ocean, supporting the overall health and well-being of a greater ecosystem.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Smart Ocean Chair is just the first solution of Humanscale coming to market<\/h4>\n

The nets used in the production of the new task chair are from Bureo\u2019s Net Positiva recycling program, which facilitates the collection of discarded plastic fishing nets and provides incentives to participating coastal communities. The nets are then transformed into plastic pellets and used to manufacture quality products such as skateboards, sunglasses, and now \u2014 for the first time ever \u2014 an ergonomic task chair.<\/p>\n

Founding members of the NextWave initiative, Humanscale and Bureo are leveraging supply chains as a means of keeping plastics out of the ocean. Smart Ocean is just the first solution to come to market. Humanscale plans to replicate material solutions across their product line, supporting the expansion of Bureo\u2019s recycling program and lowering dependency on new plastics.<\/p>\n