The KAOS Circular Economy Highchair

10/05/2024

New KAOS highchair made with 100% recycled materials

A child sat in a KAOS highchair at a table beside a woman

KAOS, the Norwegian designer of sustainable products for children, has launched a new version of the Klapp highchair, the 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 sustainable highchair that can be recycled up to nine times.

Working together with Fortum in Finland, a Nordic energy company, the new KAOS Klapp highchair is made from Fortum Circo®. The compound features 100% recycled plastic consumer waste that has been co-developed and optimised for the highchair, sourcing material that is available in abundance.

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, keeping up the formal standards for highchairs.

A selection of different coloured highchairs

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 are able to recycle the materials again.”

The KAOS Klapp using recycled plastic has all the same features as the original KAOS Klapp highchair. Currently available through Natural Baby Shower with other retailers to launch soon, it is available in a choice of contemporary colourways, including Mineral Green, Terracotta Red, Desert Sand and Charcoal.

Launched in 2019, the KAOS Klapp highchair offers a folding and ready-assembled design. Fixed stepped ladders and attachments also mean the highchair is suitable from newborn age through to the childhood years. For further information, please click here.