Environmental Policy
Some of the practical measures that we have implemented to promote our environmental and sustainability policy are:
- We recycle all waste metal fire extinguisher and hose reel parts
- We recycle all waste plastic parts
- We recycle all cardboard, paper, plastic, and other packaging materials from our suppliers
- We remove and recycle 100% of all cardboard, paper, plastic, and other packaging materials used to deliver fire protection equipment to our customers where we unpack and install this equipment
- We reduce unnecessary emissions and chemicals from extinguishers by re-using them for training purposes
- We dispose of electrical fire protection devices to the WEEE directive
- We do not discharge any fire extinguisher during maintenance or training that contains protein foam, aqueous film-forming foam, wet chemical, water with additive, or any organohalogens in environments where it can enter groundwater
- be aware of all new environmental legislation and regulations
- comply with all environmental legislation and regulations
- minimise energy use and its associated CO2 emissions
- maximise the use of renewable energy sources where possible
- minimise the generation of waste
- maximise the re-use of materials and products
- maximise the use of recycled materials and products
- maximise the recycling of materials and products
- minimise raw materials consumption
- maximise the use of material from renewable sources
- minimise polluting emissions to air, land and water
- minimise the use of polluting forms of transport
- assess the environmental impacts of all working practices and product manufacture
- assess the whole life environmental performance of all purchases
- maximise the use of local products and local workforce
- minimise the use of water
