OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Waterloo® is committed to reducing our impact on the environment.

We employ the philosophy of reduce, re-use and recycle in all our business practices.


Manufacturing:

·         Customized partitioning systems developed for best optimization in commercial board sheet sizes.

·         Use and recommend Laminex® GreenfirstTM products that have low formaldehyde and VOC emissions.

·         Ongoing product developments to utilize off cuts rather than becoming landfill – creating a whole new range of products, for example slat seating.

·         Timing switches applied to all internal factory lighting and full length skylights fitted to reduce energy consumption.


Transport:

·         Sawdust waste is properly bagged for transport to minimize the possibilities of escaping into the environment.

·         Production planning based on machinery being utilized to minimize downtimes and sitting idle consuming unnecessary energy.

·         All metal off cuts recycled on a continuous basis.

·         All packaging where possible is manufactured from recycled board products. 

·         Packing of goods doubles the transport capacities for our own trucks and subsequent transport companies.

        ·         Transport loads are strategically planned for optimum loads in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.

·         Waterloo encourages customers to return packaging materials for further use.

·         Majority of our transport fleet now Hybrid and diesel vehicles.


 Office:

·         Paper/printer cartridge re-cycling and double sided printing on paper.

·         Paper use minimisation (eg email quotes/electronic storage).

·         Power reduction.



CTCI, manufacturers of the Waterloo wet area partitioning  
system are a proud member of the Green Building Council of Australia.

Laminex Green FirstTM

Waterloo® uses Laminex board exclusively for all systems.  Laminex® is committed to pursuing high standard of environmental performance and their board is certified by Good environmental Choice Australia as an environmentally preferable product due to the high ‘eco-preferred’ content.  All Laminex® board has the following environmental features:

·         Low formaldehyde emissions boards available in E1 or E0 Grade

·         Colouration pigments do not contain heavy metals

·         Elemental Chlorine free bleached pulp specified for decorative papers

·         Use of managed plantation and recycled inputs.

The Green FirstTM range of Laminex® board directly contributes to Green Star credits (the Green Building Council of Australia’s rating system to evaluate the environmental performance of buildings).

On an on-going basis, Laminex® has a commitment to exploring commercially viable environmental programs & technologies to collect and re-use product after the end of their serviceable lives.