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 ensuring 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 .
Apart 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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