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Environmental Commitment
Making Measurable Progress to a Future of Sustainability
Making Measurable Progress to a Future of Sustainability
As the world faces growing environmental challenges, SAY Plastics recognizes the importance of protecting the planet on both a local and global scale. We also know it’s simply the right thing to do. Through our daily human actions, product development processes, and continuous improvement, we’re committed to considering the environmental aspects of everything we do and making progress toward a sustainable future.
To reduce the environmental impact of our manufactured thermoformed products and to achieve 99.9% recyclability of materials, SAY Plastics recently invested in new plastic granulator equipment for the grinding of TPO biproducts as well as cardboard and metals. Besides expanding our ability to reprocess materials, the granulator enables us to use less packaging materials to move biproducts and reduce fuel consumption for biproduct transport.
Future process improvements that will take our sustainability practices to the next level include investing in additional granulators and reconfiguring our production floor to automate certain manufacturing processes and bring even more efficiency to our plastics recycling efforts.
Proactive for Our Planet
From our advanced technologies and manufacturing processes to our day-to-day operational practices and material usage, SAY Plastics is committed to minimizing our company’s carbon footprint in many ways:
Recyclable Materials
Using recyclable materials is often a critical component for meeting our customers’ product specifications. Recycling plastics is also one of the best ways to limit plastic biproducts that can lead to potentially harmful effects on people and the planet.
Process Optimization
Following ISO 9001 standards and our Quality Management System, we implement stringent procedures that not only drive efficient product development but also create innovative design tooling and cut processes that optimize material usage throughout our entire facility.
Color Matched Plastics
SAY Plastics replaces non-recyclable painted plastics with color matched plastics (as formed). This practice eliminates the painting process, which can produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are dangerous environmental pollutants.
Thermoformed Parts
Because fiberglass parts (FRP) can’t be recycled and they release VOCs during manufacturing, SAY Plastics can replace FRP with thermoformed parts. Because of their chemical composition, thermoplastic parts are easily recyclable and environmentally safe.
FAQs About Plastic
Yes, almost all thermoplastic products can be recycled. Thermoplastics harden once cooled and do not show any changes in chemical property after being heated and cooled multiple times, making them easily recyclable.
Yes, during the product development phase these sourced materials can explored and defined as they meet product specification.
Yes, recycle symbols can be permanently formed into products.