Herman Miller Eames Tandem Sling Seating - Environmental Product Summary - Manual

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Environmental Product Summary
Eames ® Tandem Sling Seating
Design Story: A Time-Tested Traveler’s Friend
Charles and Ray Eames originally designed their
tandem sling seating in 1962 for Chicago’s O’Hare
International Airport. They based the design on the
sling system developed for their Aluminum Group chairs.
Today, more than 40 years later, tandem sling seating
still reliably serves millions of O’Hare visitors and other
travelers passing through public transportation stations
worldwide. Its sleek, contemporary design never goes
out of style, and weary travelers find its wide, padded
seats a comfortable, inviting place to rest.
Terminal operators are equally pleased with its
flexibility, durability, and easy maintenance. And
today’s Eames tandem sling seating incorporates
recycled—and recyclable—materials for a more
environmentally friendly product.
Herman Miller’s Design Protocol
Our commitment to corporate sustainability naturally
includes minimizing the environmental impact of each
of our products. Our Design for Environment team (DfE)
applies environmentally sensitive design standards to
both new and existing Herman Miller products.
Our DfE Protocol goes beyond regulatory compliance to
thoroughly evaluate new product designs in four key
areas:
• Material Chemistry and Safety of Inputs—
What chemicals are in the materials we specify, and
are they the safest available?
• Disassembly—Can we take products apart at the
end of their useful life, to recycle their materials?
• Recyclability—Do the materials contain recycled
content, and more importantly, can the materials be
recycled at the end of the product’s useful life?
• LCA—Have we optimized the product based on the
entire life cycle?
Material Content
Eames tandem sling seating’s components are
constructed from aluminum, steel, textile, foam, other
material.
Eames tandem sling seating is up to 95 percent
recyclable at the end of its useful life.
This seating is comprised of 53-percent recycled
materials. This figure breaks down to 27-percent
post-consumer and 26-percent pre-consumer recycled
content.
• Die-cast aluminum components are typically made
from more than 95-percent recycled material and
are 100 percent recyclable.
• Steel components contain approximately 35 percent
recycled content and are 100 percent recyclable.
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ALUMINUM 69%
STEEL 14%
TEXTILE 7%
FOAM 3%
OTHER 7%
PRE-CONSUMER
RECYCLED CONTENT 26%
POST-CONSUMER
RECYCLED CONTENT 27%