Another booth of note at IDS-07 was Wiggers Custom Furniture. Wiggers has a mission to manufacture high quality custom furniture and architectural millwork using environmentally sound materials and practices. They use only sustainable woods and John Wiggers himself is a board members for the Forest Stewardship Council of Canada.

They even go as far as to minimize waste in the shop itself. Glass, metals, paper and cardboard get separated for recycling into new materials, while sawdust and wood scraps are given away to a local recylcer for use as fuel. Organic wastes are composted on site.

Even shipping is considered - it is Wiggers’ preference to blanket wrap and deliver on its own truck, in order to cut down on the wastes generated by foam packing, shrink wrap and crating.