Re-Use and Recycling
Waste Management
At Braiform we pride ourselves on our recycling and waste management, some of our achievements include:
- Managing our own waste stream
- Less than 1% into general waste
- Card sorted and reprocessed at our recycling partner
- Steel sorted and reprocessed at our recycling partner
- Plastic polymers processed on site and moved on to our compounding partner
- PS and PP polymers are reused in a circular economy in producing virgin products
In 2017, Braiform achieved:
In the UK:
- Saving of 2,982 metric tonnes in raw production materials
- 2,117 metric tonnes of hangers were recycled.
- 865 metric tonnes of recycled plastic went into virgin production.
In the US:
- Saving of 12,702 metric tonnes in raw production materials.
- 11,504 metric tonnes of hangers were reused.
- 1,198 metric tonnes of recycled plastic went into virgin production.
Sustainability Sponsorships
Ocean Recovery Alliance
We now sponsor the Ocean Recovery Alliance who are behind the “A Plastic Ocean documentary.”
The focus of Ocean Recovery Alliance is to bring together new ways of thinking, technologies, creativity and collaborations in order to introduce innovative projects and initiatives that will help improve our ocean environment. This includes creating business opportunities for local communities when applicable, in order to address some of the pressing issues that our ocean faces today.
Sustainable Apparel Coalition
We have recently joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s vision is of an apparel, footwear, and textiles industry that produces no unnecessary environmental harm and has a positive impact on the people and communities associated with its activities.
The Coalition develops the Higg Index, a set of standardized supply chain measurement tools for all industry participants.
The Higg Index includes facility, brand, and product tools that measure environmental and social labour impacts across the supply chain. With the Higg Index, the industry is addressing inefficiencies, resolving damaging practices, and working to achieve the environmental and social transparency consumers are demanding.
