Developing a Zero Waste strategy in our EcoIsleta Coliving Canarias rooms, has got many different angles…
There are two very important concepts for us, one is repairing and the other one is reducing. When you have these two concepts at stake, many typical options or shops get out of your mind.
Furniture is an important asset in any hospitality business, it costs a lot of money, but many customer decisions are based on the atmosphere of the furniture…
But when your principles are repairing and reducing, building with raw materials is one of the best options.
Instead of buying furniture that travels to many countries, and break apart after few months, we take a different approach.
We built our furniture ourselves by hand, we use palet wood and 30×30 square bar of 6mt long. We built wardrobes, tables, beds, doors, etc… everything is handmade except chairs, home appliances and mattress…
That was more work in the beginning, also it was more expensive than buying then in the shop, but in the long run fit our principles of repairing and reducing.
If you look at the pictures of the furniture we build for EcoIsleta Coliving Canarias rooms, you will realize that they are very strong, and also very easy to repair…
And if you are asking yourself how can we repair this furniture, the asnwer is simple, we have machines in the house to do it, like welder, sanders etc, because we build them inside of the house, during a 3 years renovation process…
Our Zero Waste strategy is based in our colaboration with Ana Milhazes…
