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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