Ikea has released a pilot project in Switzerland, which will look at the possibility of hiring out furniture as part of an environmentally friendly policy by the retailer.
It has already introduced programmes designed to reduce wastes, such as the service to take back old beds or sofas to then be donated to charity.
According to the Financial Times, kitchens and office chairs are among the items that could be offered for hire.
Torbjorn Loof, chief executive of Inter Ikea, told the FT: "We will work together with partners so you can actually lease your furniture. When that leasing period is over, you hand it back and might lease something else.
"And instead of throwing those away, we refurbish them a little and we could sell them, prolonging the lifecycle of the product".
