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Environmental Policy Aaron Thomas Company is proud of the conscious steps we have made in reducing our impact on the environment and for serving as a model of environmental change in our industry. Our policy on advancing environmental efforts includes many areas of operation, including: Lean to the Green Aaron Thomas Company continues to reduce its carbon footprint by making decisions regarding infrastructure and equipment that directly reduce energy consumption. Capital purchases to retrofit offices and factories with high efficiency T5 lighting, and equipping facilities with the latest technology air supply units are examples. While the return of these hardware investments is far into the future in economic terms, we gain immediate returns for reaching our energy saving goals. Employee Engagement Engagement goes beyond typical environmentally related training elements such as spill control, chemical usage, and identification of potential waste streams. In fact, the greatest innovations on internal recycling efforts were formulated from the production floor. For example, a team of internal housekeepers were commissioned to get our ‘landfill to recycle’ numbers down from a 6% to a 5.5%, much to the pleasure of management, their ideas and implementation took us beyond target to 4.8%. It was also a brainstorming collaboration of ideas from the employees that created our custom-made pallet straps. Challenged with saving thousands of pounds per year in plastic wrap for our internal warehouse movements, the ATCO Pallet Strap came to fruition. Stakeholders were quick to finance the employee’s concept that pitted a reusable band against roll after roll of consumable stretch film. Investing the hard dollars up front for a long-term return of savings on petrochemical consumables. Redukti, Reuse, Recycle We pride ourselves on reaching, then exceeding targets for recycling. Sorting and recycling the typical fare of plastics, metals, and corrugate materials tend to be wash for the labor invested. Yet, other streams have their reward in non-economic benefits. For example, wood scraps from broken pallets are now collected and sent to a compost processor where they are ground into mulch for flowerbeds. While excess and discontinued items of packaged foods are prepared, stored, and sent to certified client-approved food banks, many items that cannot make the grade for human consumption are hauled at our expense to a feed lot for animals to consume.
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Polasaí Comhshaoil Tá Aaron Thomas Cuideachta bródúil as na céimeanna comhfhiosach déanta againn in ár dtionchar ar an gcomhshaol a laghdú agus chun fónamh mar mhúnla ar athrú comhshaoil inár dtionscal. Cuimsíonn ár bpolasaí ar chur chun cinn d'iarrachtaí comhshaoil go leor réimsí oibríochta, lena n-áirítear: Lean leis an Glas Leanann Aaron Thomas Cuideachta a laghdú a lorg carbóin ag cinntí a dhéanamh maidir le bonneagar agus trealamh a tomhaltas fuinnimh a laghdú go díreach. Ceannacháin Caipitil oifigí agus monarchana aisfheistiú le soilsiú T5 éifeachtacht ard, agus áiseanna a fheistiú le haonaid teicneolaíocht is déanaí soláthair aeir samplaí iad. Cé go bhfuil an tuairisceán na n-infheistíochtaí crua-earraí i bhfad isteach sa todhchaí i dtéarmaí eacnamaíochta, linn a fháil tuairisceáin láithreach chun teacht ar ár spriocanna fuinneamh a shábháil. Rannpháirtíocht an Fhostaí Téann Rannpháirtíocht níos faide eilimintí oiliúna tipiciúil bhaineann leis an gcomhshaol mar rialú dhoirteadh, úsáid ceimiceán, agus aithint sruthanna dramhaíola féideartha. Go deimhin, Ceapadh na nuálaíochtaí is mó ar iarrachtaí athchúrsála inmheánach ón urlár táirgeachta. Mar shampla, foireann de coimeádaithe tí inmheánacha coimisiúnaíodh a fháil ar ár 'líonadh talún a athchúrsáil’ uimhreacha síos ó 6% le 5.5%, i bhfad chun an sásamh na bainistíochta, a gcuid smaointe agus cur i bhfeidhm a tharla dúinn thar sprioc 4.8%. Bhí sé chomh maith comhoibriú tobsmaointeoireachta smaointe ó na fostaithe a cruthaíodh ár Strapaí phailléid saincheaptha-déanta. Dúshlán le shábháil na mílte punt in aghaidh na bliana i wrap plaisteach le haghaidh ár gluaiseachtaí stóras inmheánach, an phailléid ATCO Strap tháinig i gcrích. Bhí Páirtithe Leasmhara tapa a mhaoiniú coincheap an fhostaí a pitted banna ath-inúsáidte in aghaidh rolla tar éis rolla de scannán stráice inchaite. Infheistiú na dollar crua suas chun tosaigh le Toradh fadtéarmach coigiltis ar tomhaltáin peitriceimiceach. Laghdaigh, Athúsáid, Athchúrsáil Táimid bródúil as a bhaint amach, ansin ná spriocanna le haghaidh athchúrsála. Sórtáil agus athchúrsáil an táille tipiciúil plaistigh, miotal, agus claonadh ábhair corrugate a bheith nigh an tsaothair a infheistíodh. Ach, Tá sruthanna eile a luach saothair i sochar neamh-eacnamaíoch. Mar shampla, scraps adhmaid ó pailléid briste Bailítear anois agus a sheoladh chuig próiseálaí múirín áit a bhfuil siad talamh i móta do bláthanna. Cé míreanna bhreis agus scoireadh bianna pacáistithe bhfuil siad ullmhaithe, stóráil, agus a sheoladh chuig an gcliant-cheadaithe bainc bia deimhnithe, go leor rudaí nach féidir a dhéanamh ar an grád mar bhia don duine a tharraingítear ar ár n-chostas ar a lán beatha le haghaidh ainmhithe a ithe.