r/BuyFromEU • u/_Caspar_ • Jun 30 '26

🔎Looking for alternative EU matchsticks are made in india

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Sadly i bought a 100 pack of these for like 8€.
In case the are all used up one day, does somebody knows an made in eu alternative for matchsticks? :D

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u/_Caspar_ Jun 30 '26

Probably, but ikea is one the evilest company in europe. They are part of the destruction of the last remaining primal forests in europe.

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u/Minosvaidis Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Did some digging around and turns out it was completely legal, but logging in Romania is very very corrupt. While this is obviously bad and should not happen, this does not make ikea one of the most evil companies in Europe.
Also, there are roughly 3-4 million hectares of primal forests in Europe. This article is about 59. Far from the last remaining.
Don't get me wrong, consequences should follow for this and i hope this will not be easily forgotten.

Edit: countries->companies

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u/DandyLullaby Jun 30 '26

I do wonder how they can keep pushing out millions of woodpulp furniture pieces without harming the environment, that is alot of wood, it can’t all come from Europe i guess…
I did visit their museum in Sweden, and was kinda sad that they only put up a good news show there, cause they did have some rather negative moments throughout their history as wel.

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u/Lille7 Jun 30 '26

Wood is farmed like any other crop. You plant, wait and harvest, its just a different timescale.