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Reid employees are committed to
being good stewards of the Earth. We have several initiatives in place to make
sure we reduce waste, reuse wherever possible, and recycle our disposables.
These initiatives are an everyday part of our business. We encourage our
vendors to produce products manufactured by environmentally responsible processes
and with sustainable or recycled materials. And we are always on the lookout to
find more sustainable ways to do business. We call this Reid Green, a responsible
way to do business in our global economy.
Here are some of our initiatives:
Our Print
Catalog
With
nearly 1,000 pages in our print catalog, it is imperative to us that we
consider our paper and printing resources very carefully. That is why we are
printing our 2012-2013 print catalog on Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) paper.
The SFI 2010-2014 forest certification standard is
based on principles that promote sustainable forest management, including
measures to protect water quality, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, species at
risk, and Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value. It includes unique fiber
sourcing requirements to promote responsible forest management on all forest
lands in North America.
With the SFI certification label on a catalog, Reid
Customers can be confident this paper is from certified forests or certified
sourcing.
Additionally, we recycle all old catalogs and
product literature to the end use of insulation. We strongly encourage our
Customers to recycle any catalog that may have been replaced with a newer version.
Reid Supply also uses environmentally friendly
EnviroinkTM on our annual catalog. These inks meet our printer's 20
percent renewable content requirements, while ensuring industry standards for
quality. 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 Program for the
Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)1.
Our Website
We continue to reduce our use of paper by utilizing electronic
communications technology. ReidSupply.com offers everything you need, including
our printed catalog content in its entirety on this website.
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.
We Reuse and Recycle Cardboard
& Paper
Reid Supply's shipping and handling team reuse boxes and packing
material from inbound shipments whenever we can. What we don't reuse gets
recycled.
Over 75% of all our new shipping boxes are made from recycled
materials.
Lighting Retrofit
We have replaced all of our outdated warehouse lighting fixtures and
many office lighting fixtures with new more efficient T8 fluorescent fixtures
which use approximately one-half of the energy of the old lights.
Cleaning 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. We use
"green" environmentally friendly cleaning products whenever possible
in our facilities.
Trade Show Booth
Even our trade show booth 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.
Encouraging Others
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.
Green Standards
RoHS, NEMA Premium ® , Low VOC, Recycled Content, Waste
Reducing
What
is RoHS?
RoHS is the acronym for Restriction of
Hazardous Substances. RoHS, also known as Directive 2002/95/EC, originated in
the European Union and restricts the use of specific hazardous materials found
in electrical and electronic products. All applicable products in the EU market
must pass RoHS compliance.
What are therestricted materials mandated under RoHS?
The substances banned under RoHS are lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd),
hexavalent chromium (CrVI), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDE).
Why is RoHS compliance important?
The restricted materials are hazardous to the environment and pollute
landfills, and are dangerous in terms of occupational exposure during
manufacturing and recycling.
What
is NEMA Premium® ?
NEMA (National Electric
Manufacturer's Association) established an energy efficiency motors program
that provides highly energy efficient products for consumers. Choosing energy
efficient NEMA Premium® designated motors will save you money in total energy operating
cost and will improve overall system reliability.
NEMA Premium® labeled electric motors will assist
purchasers to optimize motor systems efficiency, reduce electrical power
consumption and costs, and improve system reliability. It is estimated that the
NEMA Premium® efficiency motor program would save 5,800 gigawatts of
electricity. This translates to preventing nearly 80 million metric tons of carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere over the next 10 years -- equivalent to keeping 16
million cars off the road.
What
is Low VOC?
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are
emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids. VOCs include a variety of
chemicals, some of which may have short- and long-term adverse health effects.
Concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors (up to ten times
higher) than outdoors. VOCs are emitted by a wide array of products numbering in
the thousands. Examples include: paints and lacquers, paint strippers, cleaning
supplies, pesticides, building materials and furnishings, office equipment such
as copiers and printers, correction fluids and carbonless copy paper, graphics
and craft materials including glues and adhesives, permanent markers, and
photographic solutions.
Organic chemicals are widely used as
ingredients in household products. Paints, varnishes, and wax all contain
organic solvents, as do many cleaning, disinfecting, cosmetic, degreasing, and
hobby products. Fuels are made up of organic chemicals. All of these products
can release organic compounds while you are using them, and, to some degree,
when they are stored.
Reid Supply encourages all of their
vendors to comply with Low VOC standards where possible.
What
is Recycled Content?
Recycled-content products are made from materials
that would otherwise have been discarded. That means these products are made
totally or partially from material contained in the products you recycle, like
aluminum soda cans or newspaper. Recycled-content products also can be items
that are rebuilt or re-manufactured from used products such as toner cartridges
or computers. There are more than 4,500 recycled-content products available,
and this number continues to grow. In fact, many of the products people
regularly purchase contain recycled-content.
Pre-consumer material
Material
diverted from the waste stream during a manufacturing process. Excluded is
reutilization of materials such as rework, regrind or scrap generated in a
process and capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated
it.
Post-consumer material
Material generated by households or by commercial, industrial and
institutional facilities in their role as end-users of the product, which can
no longer be used for its intended purpose. This includes returns of material
from the distribution chain." For the purposes of the calculation, the
term 'product' refers to the final product as delivered to the construction
site and incorporated in the works.
This is any material that was used by a
consumer and then recycled for use in a new product. A product label might
indicate how much post-consumer recycled content that product contains, by
percentage-look for a PCR figure on the label. Paper, plastic, steel, and
rubber are among the post-consumer discards that get recycled into such things
as insulation, park benches, carpets, and napkins. Buying products made of PCR
content salvages material that would otherwise end up in a landfill and puts it
to good use, while saving "virgin" resources.
What is Recycling?
This is the process of taking materials that would be tossed away,
most likely ending up in landfills, and reusing them. Recyclable materials are
typically broken down into their raw components and then made into new
products. Plastic soda bottles get a new life as snuggly fleece coats; scrap
paper is reincarnated as charming stationery; old carpet tiles become new
carpet tiles. Recycling limits landfill growth and the pollution caused by
manufacturing new products.
What is Waste Reducing?
When we avoid making garbage in the
first place, we don't have to worry about disposing of waste or recycling it
later. Changing our habits is the key — Nearly
every industrial process, from manufacturing consumer goods to generating
energy, produces different types of usable materials. Similar to municipal
solid wastes, such as cardboard, newspapers, and beverage containers, these
industrial materials are also valuable commodities that can be recycled. Waste
prevention, or "source reduction," is the strategy behind reducing and reusing
waste. By designing, manufacturing, purchasing, or using materials in ways that
reduce the amount or the toxicity of trash created, less waste is generated and
fewer natural resources are used. Reuse is often part of the waste prevention
strategy, stopping waste at the source due to preventing or delaying a
material's entry in the waste collection and disposal system. Reid Supply
encourages all of our vendors to practice Waste Reducing wherever possible.
Reid employees
encourage all to pitch in to help keep this planet green for generations to
come.