An investigation into circular economy practices in the traditional wooden furniture industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (16) ◽  
pp. 1336-1348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aries Susanty ◽  
Benny Tjahjono ◽  
Rahayu Eka Sulistyani
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Furniture Industry ◽  
Wooden Furniture

scholarly journals Recycling and value-added design of discarded wooden furniture

BioResources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 6954-6964
Author(s):  
Danren Yang ◽  
Jiangang Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Waste Materials ◽  
Furniture Industry ◽  
Green Production ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Wooden Furniture

In the process of the “green revolution”, individuals have realized the importance of recycling waste materials. However, with ongoing individual changes in lifestyle, the huge resource of discarded wooden furniture is still considerably underutilized. This paper aims to provide new ideas for the recycling of discarded wooden furniture and to create added value to used furniture. Based on the summarization of existing recycling technology and methods, the diversified innovation and reuse of discarded wooden furniture integrating the current aesthetic and demand of people from multiple aspects are analyzed for the purpose of revealing the hidden value of waste materials. Waste recycling is of great importance to the country and enterprises in line with the concept of circular economy. For the sake of further excavating the hidden value of discarded wooden furniture products, the additional in-depth research in optimizing and upgrading green production and manufacturing in furniture industry is called for in the paper.

scholarly journals Dust-Emission from Abrasive Sanding Processes in the Malaysian Wooden Furniture Industry

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (20) ◽  
pp. 3770-3774 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ratnasinga ◽  
F. Ioras ◽  
O.C. Hunm ◽  
M. Manikam ◽  
S.R. Farrokhpay
Keyword(s):  
Dust Emission ◽  
Furniture Industry ◽  
Wooden Furniture

scholarly journals Technical Efficiency of the Malaysian Wooden Furniture Industry: A Stochastic Frontier Production Approach

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alias Radam ◽  
Mohd Rusli Yacob ◽  
Huda Farhana Mohd Muslim
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Production Model ◽  
Furniture Industry ◽  
Conventional View ◽  
Maximal Output ◽  
Wood Furniture ◽  
Wooden Furniture ◽  
Medium Firms

Wood furniture industry is an important component in our manufacturing sector for it significantly contributes to the industrialization of Malaysia’s economy. Evaluating wood furniture industry’s level of efficiency is important to assist and provide a relative direction to small and medium firms on their business. The objective of this research is to examine the efficiency of wooden furniture industry by determining the technical efficiency using stochastic frontier production model. Results show that firm output is 54 per cent less than the maximal output which can be achieved from the existing inputs. The technical inefficiency on individual firm varies from 1.63 to 94.69 per cent and so does the potential to increase firm output from the existing inputs. This evidence suggests that many firms still operate below the efficiency level, confirming the conventional view that labor-intensive firms are most likely inefficient.

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