STEELITE PERFORMANCE BEAD
Zero Waste Manufacturing Steelite International work closely with a number of suppliers and organisations, and are continually monitoring, developing and improving procedures to create minimum impact on the community and environment, while ensuing maximum efficiency and cost savings for the future sustainability of the business. Steelite International is a member of The Green Organisation that rewards and promotes environmental best practice around the world, and the Staffordshire Business & Environmental Network, which aims to help local businesses reduce environmental impacts while also generating profits.
We have a dedicated and innovative approach to caring for the environment. In 2019 Steelite were awarded an engineering gold Green Apple Award for the implementation of a waste water centrifuge system. Our new centrifuge system works by spinning waste material out of waste water at very high speed, the water is separated from waste glaze and then reclaimed saving around 20 cubic metres of water per day. This has dramatically improved the quality of waste water that does leave site. A part from significantly reducing water, it saves glaze and lowers energy usage on site too. In 2007, the business became one of only five companies in the UK to install a Lamella system. Steelite is the only tableware manufacturer to use a Lamella system for recycling clay waste. In addition to clay recycling, fewer chemicals are now required to separate waste. This has a positive effect on the environment and water discharged from the site is also purer.
The Lamella has significantly reduced Steelite International’s impact on the environment. The company now recycles in excess of 99% of manufacturing waste. In 2010 we received a Green Apple Award for the Lamella project.
RECYCLING IN EXCESS OF 99% OF WASTE
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