Furniture Technology Sustainability and Circular Design

The Furniture Recycler’s Dilemma: A Sustainable Assumption

A furniture company committed to environmental sustainability aims to maximize the recycling of its discarded wooden products. They believe that by focusing on design for disassembly – creating furniture that can be easily taken apart – they can significantly increase the amount of material recovered and reused, thus reducing waste and resource consumption. They reason that easily disassembled furniture simplifies the sorting and processing of materials, making it more economically viable to reclaim valuable components like wood, metal, and plastic for reuse in new products.

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?