EcoPlan North East

Actions For The Environment

• Forest Stewardship Conservancy (FSC) - Certified since 2003. 70% or more of the material purchased is FSC certified and comes from FSC certified forests.
• Wood Recycling – Wood and wood pallets are mulched in the summer and given to a company that uses them for heat in the winter. This has greatly reduced the amount of material sent to landfills. Wood dunnage is also recycled and reused.
• Reduced waste going to landfill by 50% since 2008
• New energy-efficient Scotopically Enhanced Fluorescent (SEF) light fixtures installed in the warehouse, reducing energy use by 50%. These lights are nearly 2X brighter and closer to real sunlight than the old standard lights, increasing safety in the facility.
• Energy audit completed in the summer of 2009. There is no way to further reduce water and sewage usage at this time

• Replacing current heating units with an energy efficient Infrared Heating System which will reduce natural gas heating usage by 50%.