Posted by Jim Kulbeth on Fri, Feb 05, 2010
Universal Package Systems is committed to continually reinventing itself to lessen the impact on the environment. We are meeting the needs of our customers in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner, through continuous improvements in environmental performance in our activities.
"Going Green" can be an expensive undertaking, especially for a small business, and when this transition is not monetarily feasible you have to think outside the box to improve your environmental performance. We are currently employing activities that include waste minimization and recycling as well as modifying our products to be utilized in completely new markets.
In 2008 the price of oil skyrocketed and so did the price of plastic. As a result of this we were forced to rethink our business model. We now buy back used containers and refurbish them to be resold back into the same market to be used again. However, we found that a great deal of the used containers that we were buying were no longer suitable for the job for which they were designed. Typically in this situation these containers would be sent to the re-grinders to be reprocessed, or they would become plastic refuse. We then decided to move some of these used containers into a completely new industry to reduce the amount of waste. We now take certain returnable containers and sell them into the agricultural and livestock feeding industry. We are developing an entirely new market that has an economical and environmental advantage. These are some of the new and ever-changing innovations from Universal Package Systems showing our dedication to the customer and now the environment.