Go Green With Your Next Closet

Walk-In Closet Materials

Recently we created a great new walk-in closet in our master bedroom suite with products from EasyClosets. We are really pleased with our experience from EasyClosets and I wanted to share some information about their products that showcases their environmental awareness.

Protecting The Environment

EasyClosets works hard to protect the environment by utilizing many different recycling approaches.

100% of EasyClosets particleboard used for shelving comes from post industrial waste streams. This means that the particleboard is manufactured using 100% wood scraps that are created from other wood milling operations (wood chips, wood scraps, saw dust, etc.).
EasyClosets uses packaging materials created from 95% recycled materials.
98% of their inbound cardboard is recycled on-site for new packaging materials.
100% of waste product from cut closet rods is recycled

Some may argue that using particleboard isn’t really green. However, I disagree because the scrap materials used for particleboard would either be burned or dumped in a landfill. By using those materials to build useful materials we’re helping reduce the impact on the environment.

If you’re looking for a new closet then I suggest you give EasyClosets a look!

3 Comments Already

Linda Said,

February 23rd, 2009 @1:21 pm

Ok, particle board is made up of discarded construction materials, wood chips, etc. The only problem with the particle board are the resins that may be used to glue them together. If the glues that are used are not poisonous to you or I then it is a super product!

admin Said,

February 24th, 2009 @7:00 am

@ Linda – It appears to me that EasyClosets is working very hard to meet current and future standards for their particle board.

“We are proud that the closet organizers we currently produce and ship to the entire country meet future high standards set in California for formaldehyde emissions and air quality. One of our highest priorities at EasyClosets is to stay aware and ahead of all relevant regulatory policies that impact our products.”

That’s directly from their site.

Anna (Green Talk) Said,

June 21st, 2009 @11:14 pm

Todd, I have to agree with Linda. Not all particleboard products are environmentally equal. California Closet, Stor-X, Terra Cabinets (in NJ) and now Solid Wood uses eco-friendly glues for their green closet systems. (Note, you have to ask for the green version of CC’s closet systems.) I wrote an article about 2 yrs ago about some of these closet systems on my website. I have in my own home Stor-X’s systems when they were using wheatboard.

A carpenter can also make closet systems out of Columbia Forest plywood too which does not contain any added formaldehyde or Sierra Pine’s Medite 2 MDF both with no added formaldehyde.

To the best of my knowledge, Easy Closets contains urea-formaldehyde. I would personally opt for a closet system that does not contain any urea-formaldehyde. That’s just my two cents.