Welcome to Ecomaison!
At Ecomaison, we organize the reuse and recycling of household objects and materials, to preserve natural resources and protect the environment.
As a government-approved eco-organization, our mission is to organize the collection, sorting, repair, reuse and recycling of household products and materials: furniture, bedding, decorative textiles, building products and materials, DIY and garden items, toys.
An eco-organization is a private, not-for-profit company set up by a group of companies to meet their regulatory obligations in terms of reuse and recycling of the products they put on the market. These obligations stem from the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), now governed by the French anti-waste law for a circular economy (AGEC).
An eco-organization carries out a mission of general interest, within the framework of an approval issued by the State, which notably sets precise collection, reuse and recycling targets in its specifications.
At Ecomaison, we go beyond regulatory compliance by offering our members solutions and services to help them become players in the circular economy.
Ecomaison handles almost 90% of all discarded furniture in France, 97% of which is recovered through reuse, recycling or energy recovery.
Toys are one of the sectors subject to Extended Producer Responsibility, instituted by the French Anti-Waste for a Circular Economy Act (AGEC).
The circular economy applies to DIY and garden products. Producers and distributors, Ecomaison helps you to reuse and recycle your products.
Building Products and Materials (BPM) have their own re-use and recycling channel. Ecomaison is approved for non-inert materials.
Eco-participation is the part paid by everyone when they buy a new product. We collect this money from our member companies and use it to set up services and solutions for everyone - individuals and professionals alike - so that used products can be easily collected, sorted, donated, repaired, reused or recycled.
Ecomaison's mission is - through innovation, reuse, repair and recycling - to reduce the environmental impact of household objects and materials: furniture, bedding, toys, DIY and garden items, and building products and materials. Even worn, broken or out-of-use, they still have value and deserve better than to end up as mere waste.
WhenEcomaison was foundedin 2011, more than half of all end-of-life furniture was landfilled. Today, 97% of the products handled by Ecomaison are recovered through reuse, recycling or energy recovery.
Our aim is to engage professionals, partners and private individuals in an increasingly virtuous circular economy approach. To achieve this, we raise consumer awareness, support professionals in their regulatory obligations and CSR strategy, and federate our partners to ensure that innovation, collection, sorting, repair, reuse and recycling are ever more effective and efficient...
Ecomaison consists of a Board of Directors. It determines the eco-organization's strategic roadmap to meet the objectives set by the French government, within a defined budgetary framework. The Ecomaison Management Committee is responsible for implementing the means and resources needed to achieve these objectives.
Ecomaison's Board of Directors is made up of companies representing the 4 sectors for which it is accredited. In this way, it ensures equitable representation between the Extended Producer Responsibility(EPR) channels:
Sector Committee
Each sector is steered by a sector committee, to deal more specifically with the issues and challenges specific to each one.
Alexandre Falck was elected Chairman of the Board of Ecomaison in June 2023. He is Chairman and CEO of BUT. Between 2012 and 2015, he headed the Brico Dépôt, then Bricomarché and Bricorama banners, as Managing Director of Les Mousquetaires.
His professional background gives him a good knowledge of the players strongly represented at Ecomaison, and in-depth expertise in the regulatory and operational challenges of the furniture, DIY, garden and building recycling sectors.
"In 2022, Ecomaison has changed dimension with a scope of activity that has expanded from furniture to DIY and garden items, toys and building products. The integration of new sectors is forcing us to transform ourselves. It's a fantastic opportunity to gain in efficiency, which will enable Ecomaison to better face its new challenges and the competition."
Alexandre Falck, Chairman of Ecomaison's Board of Directors
Toys
Lego
King toy
WDK Groupe Partner
Smoby
Sentosphere
Ravensburger
Playmobil
Oxybul
Juratoys
FALK
Childhood epoch
Ēcoiffier
Forest Style
JouéClub
Mattel
Furnishings
World House
Conforama
Alsapan
WM88
Schmidt Group
Gruhier
Roset Line
Coulidoor
Cofel Group
Groupe Fournier
ADOVA Group
P3G Group
La Redoute
SoCoo'c
UCEM
Mobilier de France
Grand Litier
Gram
Ikea
Goal
Gautier
Camif
Alinea
Arthur Bonnet
DIY gardening
Teract
Spear & Jackson
The DIY warehouse
Forest Style
EDA Group
Diager
The Musketeers
Castorama
Leroy Merlin
Mr.Bricolage
Building
Righini
PolyTech
ORCAB
Optimum
Malerba
Line & Light
The Musketeers
Intex
SAMSE Group
Groupe Quéguiner
DEYA Group
EGGER
Brico Dépôt
Alsaflooring
Coulidoor
Leroy Merlin
Mr.Bricolage
Created in 2011 under the name Eco-mobilier, by 24 French furniture distributors and manufacturers, Ecomaison is now made up of 68 shareholders from the furniture, bedding, building, DIY, garden and toy sectors.
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2023
Ecomaison expands its business to include textile decorative items, now included in the Furniture sector.
For the collection of small DIY, garden, toy and textile decoration items, Ecomaison is developing adapted solutions, with the deployment of pallet boxes at public drop-off centers and retailers subject to take-back.
2022
Eco-mobilier extends its activities to the world of the home with government approvals for new channels
Toys, DIY and garden products and building materials. Eco-mobilier then becomes Ecomaison.
2021
Introduction of "recycling credits
to encourage member manufacturers
to incorporate recycled materials into their
their products
Eco-mobilier is also rolling out new services to support its members in meeting their new regulatory obligations: in-store take-back of used products, management of unsold goods and new display rules for consumers.
Eco-mobilier collects more than one million tonnes of used furniture and bedding, 94% of which is recovered through reuse, recycling and energy recovery.
From now on, no more furniture taken in by Eco-mobilier is sent to landfill.
2020
Launch of the first Innovation Day with Eco-mobilier's flagship "Innovation for Eco-design" support program.
2019
Reuse is playing an increasingly important role in Eco-mobilier's solutions for the second life of products:
Over 50,000 tonnes will be reused in 2019, in partnership with 370 players in the Social and Solidarity Economy.
2018
Extension of Eco-mobilier's activities to all bedding components
Comforters, pillows, sleeping bags...
more than 686,000 tonnes of used furniture are collected at nearly 5,000 collection points throughout France.
2017
Launch of the first call for eco-design
Eco-Innovation Challenge".
Eco-mobilier collects over 530,000 tonnes of furniture and bedding a year, over 90% of which is recycled into new materials or recovered as energy.
2016
Introduction of eco-modulation for eco-taxes.
2015
Opening of 4 mattress dismantling centers in France.
2013
Eco-participation displayed on product prices in stores.
2011
Creation under the name Eco-mobilier - by 12 French furniture distributors and 12 manufacturers - of an eco-organization dedicated to the recycling of furniture and bedding.
At that time, more than half of all end-of-life furniture was buried.
