General Statement
Our goal is the responsible treatment of our resources and manufacturing quality and eco-friendly products,that are key-factors for yesterday, today andtomorrow.
We feel highly responsible for our environment and therefore exceed the legal requirements by constantlyundertaking internal & external audits.
We deal with our customers, suppliers and employees with mutual trust, loyalty and fairness.A list of our detailed environmental actions follows:
Purchase Management
- A majority of our raw materials are purchased in Europe, a highly regulated marketplace.• Our suppliers have environmentally clean andmodern production facilities .
- Low energy transportation costs.
- A majority of our suppliers are ISO 9001 and 14001 certified.Environmental Management Production
- The air in our production facility is cleaned with a thermo-reactor, which is the latest purifying technology. For the past fifteen years, we have fulfilledthe requirements of the Federal Emissions ControlLaw (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz), which is based on the US Clean Air Act (CAA).• All materials used within our production are eitherrecycled or environmentally disposed of.
- Our waste management program meets the latest official German and European requirements.
- Our ongoing philosophy: waste avoidance, wastecollection, refuge disposal.
- We meet the highest safety standards for handling and stocking raw materials and chemicals accordingthe latest stringent German and Europeanstandards.• ISO 14001 certified by DQS GmbH for the last ten years
- Improved organization of environmental protectionoperations.
- Reduced environmental risks.
- Improved environmental performance by increasing environmental quality of.
- products and services.• ISO 9001 certified by DQS GmbH
Products
- For the past twenty years we have eliminated heavy metals, such as cadmium and lead, fromour products because they pose environmentaland personal health risks.
- Diverse product range containing products free of PVC and phosphates.
- A number of our products meet the Ökotex-Standard100 .
- Some of our products are made with water-based coatings, therefore making them 100% solventfree.
Recycling
- Verseidag-Indutex GmbH is a member of the IVK(Industrieverband Kunststoffe / Plastics Trade Association) and takes part in their collecting andrecycling program.
- Thermal recycling of our products creates high amounts of reusable energy.
- Waste from our production processes is environmentallymanaged by being collected, cleaned,and then reused in other production cycles.
Future
- Products made of environmentally friendly, greengas neutral, alternative plastics.
- REACH is the new European standard to controland certify the environmental compatibility of all chemicals characteristics. We will abide by theREACH project’s rules and regulations by usingonly certified chemicals.
