Swedish furniture retailer Ikea will begin offering the option to lease certain furniture pieces in Switzerland this month. Customers can rent pieces of furniture for a set period until it is no longer needed; the retailer will then refurbish the pieces and keep them in circulation and prolong their lifecycle, which means less waste and more recycling. The service is the first in a series of tests that may ultimately result in "scalable subscription services" of various furniture items. The company said leasing office furniture to business customers would be among the first trials, but kitchens could be the next space to be explored.