A variety of big manufacturers such as Rubbermaid and Ware 4 Recycling Bins know the importance of analysing their environmental impacts and ensuring the quality of their products through sustainable and environmentally sound manufacturing.
Below you will find a policy that encompasses the entire lifecycle for sustainable RCP recycling items starting with manufacturing to packaging & delivery and end use.
Life Cycle Policy
Design
* All products ought to be designed and tested to be of the highest quality and strength for a long lifespan with low replacement and maintenance costs.
* Products ought to motivate proper and easy recycling.
* They should be designed to work and last in their distinctive environment which could be anywhere; internal, external, hospital, office or warehouse.
Raw Materials
* Materials must be sourced to reach enforced quality and environmental requirements
* Every product, plastic, aluminium or steel, should be entirely recyclable
* Absense of heavy metals when making plastic colourants
* Ample choice of Rubbermaid bins to contain a significant quantity of post-consumer recycled content
Manufacturing
* Manufacturing in the USA sending cargo to a British warehouse and later distributing.
* All factories needs to have zero emissions and all non-conforming products after production checks will be ground again and used a second time.
Picking & Packaging
* After an order has been processed goods can be picked utilizing an advanced self-automating system of big fork lift trucks and conveyor belts
* Every product must be separately given a bar code to track its movement beginning with order to despatch with the minimum of human intervention. This will ensure a quick turnaround of all orders within 5 work days or less
* Goods will be wrapped then stacked onto a pallet together to reduce packaging use
* Packaging has to designed to use less materials and higher recycled and recyclable material. Packaging will additionally have to be mostly recyclable
* All pallet deliveries need to give the option to handball the goods off and returning the pallet to the courier
Transportation
* Distributors must be able to set up deliveries straight at the warehouse to reduce transport distances and in this way fuel use, harm to the environment and CO2 emissions
* Products should be placed together and supplied in bulk in one-drop deliveries
Recycling
* Items must be consistent with the aims detailed in the Environmental Policy and Environmental Management System for quality and duration.
* Items can be recycled but have to be tough enough to get reused time after time – recycled recycling bins!
* Parts similar to lids and bases must be available for individual sales so that replacement costs are reduced and to stimulate re-use of current products.
* A no-cost collection service can be offered for units which are no longer wanted so they can be used once more or recycled appropriately
