Wooden furniture production consumes a lot of forest resource and other resources,so it is important to estimate its environmental effect.In this research,we collected data in a sofa factory of China and appraised its...Wooden furniture production consumes a lot of forest resource and other resources,so it is important to estimate its environmental effect.In this research,we collected data in a sofa factory of China and appraised its environment impacts by the ecological footprint(EF)methodology.The results showed that the total EF of the sofa factory was 2316.25 gha/year(gha:global hectare).The average EF of a sofa was 0.18 gha/year.For the total EF of the sofa factory,main contribution came from wooden materials(55%),followed by non-wooden materials(41.26%),and these two categories contributed above 96% of the total EF.Human labor accounted for 2.21% of the total footprint.The built land and water contributed a little to the total EF.For the total EF of the wooden materials,main contribution came from wood beams(57.6%),followed by plywood(41.08%);and for the total EF of the non-wooden materials,main contribution came from sponge(95.37%).In the end,we concluded that the incorporate of recycled wooden material and reused sponge in the sofa production could be viewed as an important strategy to achieve more sustainable manufacturing.展开更多
基金Supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Non-profit Research Institution of CAF(CAFYBB2019MB002)State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China(2015-R04)。
文摘Wooden furniture production consumes a lot of forest resource and other resources,so it is important to estimate its environmental effect.In this research,we collected data in a sofa factory of China and appraised its environment impacts by the ecological footprint(EF)methodology.The results showed that the total EF of the sofa factory was 2316.25 gha/year(gha:global hectare).The average EF of a sofa was 0.18 gha/year.For the total EF of the sofa factory,main contribution came from wooden materials(55%),followed by non-wooden materials(41.26%),and these two categories contributed above 96% of the total EF.Human labor accounted for 2.21% of the total footprint.The built land and water contributed a little to the total EF.For the total EF of the wooden materials,main contribution came from wood beams(57.6%),followed by plywood(41.08%);and for the total EF of the non-wooden materials,main contribution came from sponge(95.37%).In the end,we concluded that the incorporate of recycled wooden material and reused sponge in the sofa production could be viewed as an important strategy to achieve more sustainable manufacturing.
