More things we do to be as environmentally responsible as we can be as a company!

~Amy Donahue

signage consultant

Recycling Vinyl:

All types of vinyl products can be recycled and reprocessed into second-generation products. According to a 1999 study by Principia Partners, more than one billion pounds of vinyl were recovered and recycled into useful products in North America in 1997. About 18 million pounds of that was post-consumer vinyl diverted from landfills and recycled into second-generation products. Overall, more than 99 percent of all manufactured vinyl compound ends up in a finished product, due to widespread post-industrial recycling.

Also, every time we have excess vinyl left over from a project, we try to salvage as much as we can for utilizing in future products thus eliminating as much waste as possible.

Symbols relating to various materials:

PETE	Polyethylene Terephalate Ethylene PETE goes into soft drink, juice, water, detergent, and cleaner bottles. Also used for cooking and peanut butter jars.
HDPE	High Density Polyethylene High Density Polyethylene HDPE goes into milk and water jugs, bleach bottles, detergent and shampoo. Plastic bags and grocery sacks, motor oil bottles, household cleaners and butter tubs.
PVC	Polyvinyl Cloride PVC goes into window cleaner, cooking oils, and detergent bottles. Also used for peanut butter jars and water jugs.
LDPE	Low Density Polyethylene LDPE goes into plastic bags and grocery sacks, dry cleaning bags and flexible film packaging. Also some bottles.
PP	Polypropylene PP goes into caps, disks, syrup bottles, yogurt tubs, straws and film packaging.
PS	Polystyrene PS goes into meat trays, egg cartons, plates, cutlery, carry-out containers and clear trays.
OTHER	Other Includes resins not mentioned above or combinations of plastics.