Today is
National Recycle Day in the United States. Close To My Heart is committed to green initiatives within its product lines as well as other parts of the business.
All Close To My Heart printed papers (including cardstock, B&T Duos®, and My Stickease®)
are SFI (sustainable forestry initiative) certified. We work with
vendors who maintain the strictest standards in quality and
environmentally responsible printing.
We have an eye to reducing our own waste, and recycle
approximately 80% of all waste generated at the corporate office.
Additionally, all our lighting and ventilation systems are on timers so
they minimize resource consumption during non-business hours. The
office/warehouse facilities are OSHA compliant and offer a safe and
clean work environment to all employees.
Our shipping boxes are partial post-consumer recycled
material, but they do contain some new manufactured content to make the
boxes sturdy enough to withstand shipping.
We also have an innovative material reclamation process that
helps us recapture the vast majority of the polymer used to produce our
stamps. It’s fast, clean, efficient, and also helps keep our stamp costs
competitive. All of our stamp manufacturing processes are extremely
clean, and are cleaned only with environmentally-friendly soaps and
water-soluble chemicals; we don’t use any harsh chemicals or bleaches to
clean our machinery and production area.
We do use some soy-based dyes in our paper printing. Because
of some limitations with soy, we can’t use it exclusively, but it is an
important component of our ink processes.
I am proud to be a part of a company that remembers that the health and well being of our family's future generations depends upon how the current one lives.
