There are many real, substantial ways that you can green your products and operations. Everyone thinks about recycled content and carbon footprints, but sustainability is a broad concept with many facets.
If you want to be greener - and evidence is mounting that it's good for your business as well as the planet – look at all aspects of your operations, your products, and what happens to your products after they leave your hands.
Some manufacturers in the brick industry, for example, are using an innovative method of packaging their products for shipment. They've eliminated the palettes and the shrink wrap, and thereby significantly reduced jobsite waste. That may contribute to a LEED point for their customers.
This palette-less cube of brick is held together by thin bands that create minimal waste. Instead of wooden palettes to provide lift-points for the forklift tines, the cube has integral slots that a forklift can engage with.
(And just to make it cooler, these cubes were packed by robots.)
The first step to being green is thinking green.
If you want to be greener - and evidence is mounting that it's good for your business as well as the planet – look at all aspects of your operations, your products, and what happens to your products after they leave your hands.
Some manufacturers in the brick industry, for example, are using an innovative method of packaging their products for shipment. They've eliminated the palettes and the shrink wrap, and thereby significantly reduced jobsite waste. That may contribute to a LEED point for their customers.
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| Photo courtesy of Boral Brick. |
(And just to make it cooler, these cubes were packed by robots.)
The first step to being green is thinking green.