Sustainability
- Lean Manufacturing, which reduces waste and improves worker safety and operational performance.
- Recycling of Aluminium both at a manufacturing and Fabrication level including packaging and construction site waste.
- Gate to Gate is an Altus initiative to reduce and manage the environmental impact of the aluminium throughout its journey from the NZAS gate to yours.
Lean Manufacturing
The principles of lean manufacturing, which form part of our overall strategy are:
- To avoid creating waste wherever possible.
- To recycle waste products where avoidance is not practicable.
- Preference for suppliers who adopt similar green policies.
- Reduce our energy use wherever possible.
- Use zero or low VOC (volatile organic compounds) products wherever possible.
- The promotion of green principles within the organization and to all stakeholders.
- To provide a healthy and safe workplace for all staff.
- To choose workplace environments that have been designed with green principles.
- To do our best to reduce the environmental impact of our existence for the benefit of all stakeholders and our community.
Recycling of Aluminium
Aluminium can be recycled indefinitely as reprocessing does not damage its structure. Aluminium is also the most cost-effective material to recycle. Reprocessing the scrap uses about 5% of the electricity needed to produce the original primary aluminium and its CO2 emissions footprint is significantly smaller. This makes aluminium a very successful and environmentally friendly recycled product.
By recycling your aluminium you will reduce your cost of waste to landfill and ensure that an important resource is not wasted.
Scrap aluminium from manufacturing, building demolition, and market collections achieves high sale values and is readily purchased, making aluminium one of the most successfully recycled products used in the construction industry.
Gate to Gate
Building for climate change
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