RECYCLING
IN EXCESS OF
99
OF WASTE
Environmental &
Sustainability Practices
Steelite International work closely with a number
of suppliers and organisations, and are continually
monitoring, developing and improving procedures
to create minimum impact on the community and
environment, while ensuing maximum efficiency and cost
savings for the future sustainability of the business.
Steelite International is a member of The Green Organisation
that rewards and promotes environmental best practice around the
world, and the Staffordshire Business & Environmental Network, which
aims to help local businesses reduce environmental impacts while also
generating profits.
We have a dedicated and innovative approach to caring for the
environment. In 2019 Steelite were awarded an engineering gold Green
Apple Award for the implementation of a waste water centrifuge system.
Our new centrifuge system works by spinning waste material out of waste
water at very high speed, the water is separated from waste glaze and
then reclaimed saving around 20 cubic metres of water per day. This has
dramatically improved the quality of waste water that does leave site. A
part from significantly reducing water, it saves glaze and lowers energy
usage on site too.
In 2007, the business became one of only five companies in the UK to install
a Lamella system. Steelite is the only tableware manufacturer to use a
Lamella system for recycling clay waste.
In addition to clay recycling, fewer chemicals are now required to separate
waste. This has a positive effect on the environment and water discharged
from the site is also purer.
The Lamella has significantly reduced
Steelite International’s impact on the
environment The company now recycles
in excess of 99 of manufacturing waste
In 2010 we received a Green Apple
Award for the Lamella project
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