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PLASTICS REDUCTION<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1689252908920{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

The results showed a considerable saving and reduction<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1689253379257{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n
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Plastic waste is fast becoming a widely recognised problem. While it is an important material for our economy, providing multiple benefits to modern day living, plastic can take thousands of years to biodegrade.<\/h4>\n

Producing plastic increases carbon emissions and around 80-90% are made from fossil fuel resources. For example, creating bottled water takes 2000 times the energy than it does to produce tap water!<\/p>\n

It takes up valuable space in landfill sites and is polluting the natural environment, having a significant impact on our oceans. There is an estimation that more than 8 million tonnes of plastic are in our oceans, so much so that the prediction by mid-century will be that plastic weight will match the weight of the amount of fish in the sea.<\/p>\n

Over 300 million tons of plastic is produced every year and nearly half would be considered for single use only.<\/p>\n

However, plastic is an important material used widely throughout industry, but it\u2019s now becoming a more prominent problem when it\u2019s apparent that it can take thousands of years to biodegrade. It\u2019s impossible to remove plastic from industry, but as a socially aware company, Schiedel have already taken steps to reduce the amount of plastic used within their factories, particularly in the UK[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”14065″ img_size=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1689252578564{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Reducing Plastics in the Washington Plant<\/h2>\n

A team was put together by Schiedel to identify and reduce the amount of plastic used within the Washington manufacturing plant.<\/p>\n

The Washington plant produces steel flues and components for the stove and chimney industry; residential and commercial applications.<\/p>\n

Like many manufacturing plants and related businesses, Schiedel\u2019s output includes:<\/p>\n