Stands steady thanks to the slide protectors underneath.
Soft anti-slip protection in the bottom.
Splish splash – how fun it is with a baby bath! It’s easy to move and
place where you want it and it stands steady while your baby discovers
the water. The edges are nice and soft, so no one gets hurt.
Plastic is a key material for IKEA and remains so going forward. It is
strong, durable, lightweight and versatile. It is a main component in a
large amount of our products and has a wide variety of applications from
surface materials such as paint and foil, to screws and shelf pegs.
There is a lot of valid concern regarding how plastic impacts the
environment and at IKEA we take this very seriously. As part of our
larger circular journey and transition from virgin fossil based
material, we are working hard to change all plastic in our home
furnishing products to plastic made from recycled and/or renewable raw
materials.
Plastic is most commonly derived from oil and gas, which are
non-renewable fossil sources. These sources do not renew themselves and
will eventually be depleted.
Our ambition is that by 2030, all plastic used in our products will be
based on renewable or recycled materials. Renewable plastic is made from
materials such as vegetable oil, corn, wheat grain and sugar cane.
Recycled plastic allows us to give a second life to non-biodegradable
products such as PET bottles that would otherwise end up in landfill.
Using recyclable sources also lessens our dependency on oil as a raw
material.
Currently more than 40% of our plastic products are based on recycled
and renewable materials and our aim is to reach 100%. As we add products
made from recycled and renewable materials to our offer, we hope to
inspire other companies to do the same.
Polythylene terephthalate (PET) and Polypropylene (PP) are durable,
hygienic and shatter-resistant plastics. They absorb very little water
and have good chemical resistance. Both PET and PP can be reused and
recycled, which reduces waste and gives the product several lives
through use and reuse.
PET is the most recycled plastic in the world and can be used for many
different purposes such as plastic bottles and containers for packaging
food and beverages as well as for personal care products,
pharmaceuticals and many other consumer products. At IKEA we mainly use
recycled PET in boxes, filling material for textiles and kitchen front
foil.
PET is approved by health-agencies as safe to use for food and beverage.
IKEA uses recycled PET that is post-consumer based, which means it is
based on collected and sorted PET bottles.