KAOS, the Norwegian designer of award-winning sustainable children’s products, has unveiled the global launch of a new version of the Klapp highchair – the world’s first circular economy highchair – made with 100% recycled materials.
Following two years of intensive research and after looking for a solution for a lack of raw materials during Covid and the Ukraine war, KAOS has designed a world-first sustainable highchair that can be recycled up to nine times and has all the same award-winning features as the original KAOS Klapp.
Launched in 2019, the KAOS Klapp highchair is an aesthetically pleasing piece of furniture that is also functional. Its folding and ready-assembled design, fixed stepped ladders and attachments mean it can be used comfortably from newborn age through to childhood years.
Working together with Fortum in Finland, a Nordic energy company, the new KAOS Klapp highchair is made from Fortum Circo®.
Fortum Circo® is a compound made from 100% recycled plastic consumer waste that has been co-developed and optimised for the highchair. The material meets the strict toy safety standards that regulate the chemical composition of products that come into contact with children.
KAOS has also added a percentage of cellulose fibres to make the material stronger. The result is up to 94% more positive climate impact, as opposed to fossil plastic, which is normally standard in the industry.
Commenting is Gineline Kalleberg, CMO and founder of KAOS.
“We at KAOS recognise the urgent need to identify environmental challenges and to create a more sustainable future. That is what we are doing now together with Fortum. In this new material, we are using plastic recycled from consumer packaging and keeping it in circulation. In addition, using cellulose means we capture CO2 in a long-lasting product – its potential lifespan is 225 years. At the end of the highchairs’ useful life, we can recycle the materials again.”
The new KAOS Klapp highchair, available to view at Kind + Jugend on 7-9 September, comes in several contemporary colours. For further information, please click here.
