Reid Green Products
Our Green product line includes products made from materials that lessen our impact
on the environment. These products contain environmentally responsible ingredients
that help all of us to be better stewards of the Earth. Using Reid Green products
provide as good or better results than using products with harsher ingredients.
These also improve indoor air quality and the entire environment. Reid Green, another
way that we help you, to help others.
Catalogs
We recycle all old catalogs and product literature to the end use of insulation.
Reid Supply uses environmentally friendly EnviroinkTM on our annual catalog. These
inks meet high standards from quality and production efficiency. Our printers also
achieved Chain-of-Custody certification for the world's three leading forest management
programs. These are Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry Initiative
(SFI) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)1.
Web Site
For the first time in our history, we are reducing our use of paper by using technology.
ReidSupply.com offers everything you need, including this catalog in its entirety,
and more in a new easy-to-use web site. Offering Smart Search and QuickNav links
on the home page get you to the part you need at lightning fast speeds. While you
are there, check out our FREE CAD drawings and informative E-Newsletters.
Electronic Invoicing
Over 30% of all invoicing at Reid Supply is electronic. This saves trees, electricity
and is part of Reid Supply's commitment to a green initiative.
Recycling Cardboard & Paper
We re-use boxes and packing material from inbound shipments whenever we can. What
we don't re-use gets recycled.
Lighting Retrofit
We replaced all of our old warehouse and many office fixtures with new more efficient
T8 fluorescent fixtures which use approximately one-half of the energy of the old
lights.
Shipping
Currently about 75% of all our new boxes are made from recycled materials. Soon
100% will be.
Cleaning
Our Green product line includes products made from materials that lessen our impact
on the environment. These products contain environmentally responsible ingredients
that help all of us to be better stewards of the Earth. Using Reid Green products
provide as good or better results than using products with harsher ingredients.
These also improve indoor air quality and the entire environment. Reid Green, another
way that we help you, to help others.
Blade Room
We use "green" environmentally friendly cleaning products whenever possible in our
facilities.
Trade Show Booth
Our graphics were printed with UV water based ink on Sintra which is recycled plastic.
The counter top was created using thermoform process, which is more earth friendly
than using laminate. We also use recyclable aluminum for the display structure.
Working with our business partners, Customers and vendors to reduce our collective
impact on the environment is our mutually agreed upon goal. At Reid Supply, we take
our role as a responsible corporate citizen very seriously.