Sustainability
Xdesk has a long commitment of selecting natural, sustainable and recycled materials. Bamboo is the most easily replenished and sustainable woody plant on earth. Growing up to 39 inches in a single day, bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant on earth.
Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust. Chosen for all Xdesk frames and also the top surface of the Xdesk Air, recycled aluminum is highly sustainable. Aluminum has an amazing lifecycle. Consider this: over two-thirds of the aluminum ever produced is still in use today.
Recycled aluminum uses just 5% of the energy required to make new aluminum, with no difference in quality or strength. And since Xdesk is aluminum, it's much more likely to be recycled and reused again at the end of its long and productive life.
Rubberwood (Plantation Oak) offers the beauty of Oak without the negatives. After 30 years of latex production, rubber trees must be replaced with new ones. Previously, the felled plantation rubber tree would be burned. Xdesk recycles the felled rubber tree into Plantation Oak desktops.
Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust. Chosen for all of Xdesks' frames and also the top surface of the Xdesk Air, recycled aluminum is highly sustainable. Aluminum has an amazing lifecycle. Consider this: over two-thirds of the aluminum ever produced is still in use today.
Recycled aluminum uses just 5% of the energy required to make new aluminum, with no difference in quality or strength. And since Xdesk is aluminum, it's much more likely to be recycled and reused again at the end of its long and productive life.
Toxic Substances Removed
The greatest environmental health challenges facing the desk and furniture industry today is the presence of formaldehyde. In homes offices, the most significant source of formaldehyde are pressed wood products made using adhesives that contain urea-formaldehyde resins.
Formaldehyde is a known human carcinogen associated with cancer. The vast majority of office furniture uses pressed-wood products, laminate, veneer or MDF. Although uncontrolled particle board and MDF can be harmful to people and the environment, they are commonly found in more than 85% of furniture products.
Xdesk selects all materials carefully selected to meet the highest quality and environmental standards. Not only is every product we sell free of formaldehyde and other harmful toxins, we have also eliminated the use of solvent-based paints, putting Xdesk years ahead. Xdesk is committed to ensuring that both our customers and our workers are safe. US based finishing allows for tight control and monitoring of how Xdesk is manufactured.