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Edwards Brothers Recycling Program

Reducing. Reusing. Recycling. Results.

For decades, Edwards Brothers has been committed to reducing our impact on the environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling as much waste as possible. From the front office to the lunchroom to the plant floor, every member of the EB team is dedicated to making a difference.

EB Recycles

Today, Edwards Brothers utilizes or recycles 97.5% of all raw materials entering our plants, shipping them out as finished products or as 27 different recyclables collected at over 100 different collection sites around the plants. We even send out paper dust, which recyclers won't take, to be used as bedding for local horses instead of sending it to a landfill. In total, we recycle almost 15 million pounds of paper and over 600,000 pounds of aluminum every year, which translates into the conservation of 4.7 billion gallons of water, 30 million kWh of electricity, and 5.4 million pounds of aluminum ore. Our goal is to boost our use/reuse rate to 99% and we're almost there.

Greener Alternatives

Edwards Brothers has both Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC®) Certified Chain of Custody and Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) program certifications because we recognize that our customers also want more environmentally sound alternatives. Ninety-five percent of the papers we stock are certified—by volume, use is even higher. For over ten years we've also used soy- or vegetable oil-based inks and utilized an ink pumping system that reduces the amount of waste ink generated.

Employee Power

As a member of the local Washtenaw County Waste Knot program, we work hard to develop relationships within the county to decrease waste and implement recycling programs that benefit the community as a whole. We've put out collection bins for residential recyclables so that employees can bring in their newspapers, junk mail, old CDs, ink cartridges, steel, and more to be recycled. Proceeds go to local nonprofits such as Habitat for Humanity and the United Way.

Download a brochure on EB's environmental commitment