Sustainability credentials showcased
Post-consumer glass recycling, a green funding initiative, and making use of waste products through upcycling are some of the measures featured in a new sustainability brochure from Morley Glass and Glazing.
The sealed unit manufacturer has created the new brochure and new sustainability area of its website to illustrate its credentials and also help demonstrate to other manufacturers how they could become more sustainable and support their local communities.
Ian Short, managing director at Morley Glass and Glazing, said: “We still have a long way to go in our green journey but we hope that by sharing our experiences we’ll be able to inspire others to do the same. As a profitable and successful company, we’ve always believed in giving back and supporting local communities and good causes through donations and sponsorship. We also aim to improve our own environmental sustainability within the factory, as well as finance the creation of new environmental projects in our local area with our newly launched green fund.”
Morley Glass and Glazing recently teamed up with Saint-Gobain Glass to recycle post-consumer glass from installers and other tradespeople, helping to divert old windows from landfill. A glass crushing machine has been installed at Morley’s factory in Leeds to create cullet, which is then returned to Saint-Gobain Glass for the manufacture of new float glass. Morley is then donating the money from the scheme to local good causes that focus on green projects such as sensory gardens, allotments, and other environmental initiatives.
There are a number of sustainable resources from Morley’s supply chain that can be easily upcycled to create environmentally friendly products. These include glass offcuts that are made into pieces of art, coasters and decorations, and wooden packaging boxes that have been turned into time capsules, treasure chests and memory boxes, toy boxes and display cases – some of which are then sold and the money raised donated to charity.