Environmental Responsibility
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SGM Bindery, Inc. is
committed to protecting the environment and controlling the usage of resources
in manufacturing and related activities through continuous improvement of
environmental protection.Reduce
- We have reduced our
greenhouse gas emissions by re-lamping our lighting in our plant.
This will help reduce lighting energy by as much as 20%.
- We have
re-lamped all of our
halogen lamps and incandescent lamps with low energy consumption
fluorescents.
Re-Use
- We re-use packing
material, chip board, cartons and plastic fillers.
Recycle
- We recycle over 100
tons of paper/card board products per year.
Responsibility
- All of our packing
cartons are made of 48-50% recycled material.
After the initial use, these cartons are 100% recyclable.
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Our Double Loop Wire can have as much as 90%
recycled content.
- All of our Plastic Spiral is 100% recyclable.
It is made from the same plastic water bottle tanks are made from. We
can also buy Plastic filament made from 100% recycled material if needed.
FSC
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We abide by all FSC General Terms for
Outsourcing.
Storm Water
Management
- We have a storm water management system in
place on our site. This lets the runoff percolate into the ground
instead of directly entering the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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