Steelcase Receives MBDC Certification for Workstation

By Allyson Wendt - This article was produced by BuildingGreen, Inc.- www.buildinggreen.com

Photo: Steelcase, Inc.

This wired workstation from Steelcase, now Cradle-to-Cradle certified, features 100% recycled polyester fabric panels with metal trim as well as wood-fiber work surfaces.

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The furniture company Steelcase, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has achieved a Silver Cradle-to-Cradle certification from McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) for a powered workstation—a first.

Part of Steelcase’s Answer series, the workstation features 100-percent pre-consumer recycled wood fiber work surfaces, configurable panels, and overhead and floor-based storage. Steelcase plans to certify more of its product lines by the end of 2007 and hopes to have all of the more than 300 materials used in its North American product lines assessed by MBDC. This plan follows a commitment made by the company in 2005 to eliminate the use of PVC in all of its products by 2012.

Steelcase is online at www.steelcase.com.

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