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published on 01.07.2025
Relieve Furniture: A second life for office furniture
Interview with Jérémy Van Mullem, the founder of Relieve Furniture: A next-generation furniture solution with second-generation design. This start-up, which is one part marketplace with nearly 12,000 branded furniture items, and one part consultancy agency to help companies design their offices, has already won over major Belgian companies and individuals with its wide-ranging and competitive offering.
"Currently, over 42 million items of office furniture and equipment end up in the rubbish each year, and that’s just in Europe. 90% of this equipment is incinerated because there are no alternatives; only 2% is recycled. Over one million items end up being dumped in Belgium each year! From the beginning, the goal of Relieve Furniture has been to reduce this intensive waste by offering a solution for reusing professional office furnishings." Jérémy Van Mullem - Relieve Furniture
