Was your Green Product Distributed Green?
August 30, 2009, by Lindsay Marino
Self-contained Vacuum System
Consider full chain of custody when designing green. No matter what lengths the manufacturer takes to produce an earth friendly product, the many hands of custody can be just as crucial. Fancy certifications can be useless when they travel halfway across the world or are shipped to a high-exposure distributor. The residential construction industry in Dallas is struggling to meet growing demands for green because it’s fairly new here. Many distrubutors use good practices but have not seen justification to audit for certification. Will we get there? Yes. But for the time being you should expect to pay for it.
BMC uses green friendly practices to continue the efforts of our exceptional vendors. We are actively committed to providing products to meet your high-performance needs. BMC West currently utilizes the following green business practices:
- No environmental exposure policy, certified by the State of Texas
- 100% of manufacturing waste is recycled to local businesses
- More efficient CNC router replaces 12 traditional shapers
- Computerized line machine is 20% more efficient than previous machine
- Pursuing high efficiency lighting that would use 40% less energy
- Fleet of cab-over trucks replaced flat bed, using 30% less fuel
- Manufacturing glues and seals are non-toxic, water-based
- Delivery/dispatch tracking system minimizes vehicle travel distances
- Damaged and incorrect orders are resold to public or salvage
- High yield machining reducing mill waste
- Usable trim leftover at jobsite is credited back and resold
- Finger-joint trim has no added Formaldehyde
- MDF and flexible trim has low VOC and no Mercury content
