Saneck is embarking on a Sustainability Initiative by developing a comprehensive program of improvements creating a system offering processes and products that are safe for employees, consumer, and the environment.
We are advancing in supplying market-driven products that are tuned to new and evolving eco-friendly habits of consumption and accelerating the use of technological innovations and partnering with like-minded business associates with the goal of minimizing the carbon footprint throughout a product life-cycle while remaining economically viable and competitive in the marketplace.
Criteria
√ Developing eco-friendly habits and practices by being more conscious of how we use resources.
√ Using less and making the most of what we do use.
√ Specializing in producing thin, strong, flexible packaging material. (metallocene, hybrid stretch PE gloves)
√ Products are non-toxic and recyclable. (all plastic products)
√ Select products produced with a component of recycled materials. (recycled material added upon request)
√ Reclaiming materials from waste products and making into new products. (plastic headers, recycled material in non-food bags upon request)
√ Offering biodegradable products that break down through natural decomposition. (PSM, PLA upon request)
√ Turning off lights and electrical equipment in empty rooms and use programmable thermostats for cooling our offices when occupied
Efforts
√ Replacing high energy consuming machinery with energy efficient machinery
√ Creating awareness among employees of the need to conserve utilities like electricity, water, and compressed air
√ Opting for multilayer extrusion to produce cost-effective film structures and meeting mutually agreed upon levels of quality
√ Controlling the manufacturing processes to minimize energy consumption
√ Achieving and maintaining optimum output rates
√ Minimizing equipment downtime
√ Maximizing use of natural lighting and ventilation
√ Using renewable energy for general lighting
√ Using sustainable materials wherever appropriate
√ Recycling waste