Ecology, ELPLAST

Sustainability / ecology

Elplast focuses its efforts to limit any potential negative impact on the natural environment as a consequence of our activities. This approach is expressed through our focus on four key areas: power consumption, water consumption, waste disposal and emission of greenhouse gases.

Power Consumption

Our Company optimises its use of energy – we reduce the energy impact of the building by using geothermal heat pumps. The heat pumps transport geothermal heat to the building, utilising only a small amount of electric energy

Greenhouse gas emission

During the production process a large amount of heat is generated. This heat is distributed throughout the building supplying heating. Owing to this we were able to eliminate the need for any coal-fired, oil-fired or gas-fired and thus we do not emit any carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

Water consumption

We are also economical with water – the process water that we use for production purposes circulates in a closed cycle system and after being filtered and treated it is re-used.

Waste management

Waste management also constitutes a significant aspect of our activity. The waste materials generated during the production process are transferred to outside companies dealing with waste recycling.

Other actions

The Company takes a holistic view to minimising its environmental impact and not just those associated with production. All of Elplast employees are engaged in the process and it can be identified in many major and minor actions such as waste segregation across all areas. All over the company workers are reminded of saving water and energy and if they forget about it special movement sensors control their usage. The Company shows its concern even when it comes to the volume of throw away plastic bottles - we made a special plastic bottle press available to all employees. Batteries and plastic bottles screw caps are collected in special containers and handed in to organizations which deal with this particular waste. Solutions such as energy-saving lighting are also of great importance to us.

Saving paper is also one of our goals - we apply duplex printing anytime possible and systematically replace printed documentation for its electronic version. Another example was replacing paper hand towels with electric hand dryers in order to reduce paper waste.

Constant improvement

Focusing on maintaining an environmentally responsible position in the business community, we decided to minimize our impact on the world's natural resources. We decided to measure indicators such as material consumption vs. meters of produced zipper, overall equipment effectiveness, hygiene maintenance and scrap rate. Results we receive show our effectiveness in this area and motivate us to improve processes even further.

Environmental policy

We sincerely believe that our Company's success is not only reliant on favourable economic results but also from our constant attention and respect for the natural environment.

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