Stanley Launches Packaging Recycling Initiative
April 27, 2009
Stanley Furniture, Stanleytown, Va., celebrated Earth Day with the development and launch of a recycling initiative. Stanley Vice President of Engineering, and recently appointed "Green Czar," Cristina Loth and fellow members of Stanley's "Green Team" traveled throughout the South Carolina area collecting packaging waste materials from six of Stanley Furnitureʼs participating retailers.
J Banks Design Group, Coastal Chic, Stuckey Brothers Furniture (in Ridgeland and Mt. Pleasant), Morris Sokol and Marty Rae's were among the event's recycling donators, contributing enough packaging waste material to fill out a 3,500-cubic-foot Stanley Furniture truck.
That 3,500 cubic feet of waste represents less than two weeks' worth of deliveries for the Marty Rae's in Lexington, resulting in a great deal of material, not to mention unusable space.
Cost also is an issue when it comes to recycling packaging waste materials.
"Cardboard can be recycled through the county, but it's not so easy to dispose of other packaging materials such as styrofoam, plastic bags and even skids," noted Joe Sokol of Morris Sokol in Charleston.
Stanley's Earth Day celebration was the first of many initiatives designed to foster one of the company's key initiatives, called "Our World Made Better."
According to Glenn Prillaman, Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Our
World Made Better is part of Stanley Furnitures corporate-wide mission "to positively impact the lives and futures of the company's customers, associates, shareholders, partners and planet," said Glenn Prillaman, executive vice president of sales and marketing.
Loth said improved packaging over the next three years will reduce cost and waste.
"We saw this initiative as a great way to begin increasing awareness in this area," she said. In addition, Stanley has pledged to channel its energies into two other major areas, including air quality improvement and the reduction of hazardous waste via a corporate-wide solvent recovery program.
Coastal Chic owner, Susan Tygret added, "I'm thankful that Stanley Furniture has set the pace for such an important initiative," said Coastal Chic Owner Susan Tygret. "It's definitely a step in the right direction for
furniture manufacturers."
J Banks Design Group, Coastal Chic, Stuckey Brothers Furniture (in Ridgeland and Mt. Pleasant), Morris Sokol and Marty Rae's were among the event's recycling donators, contributing enough packaging waste material to fill out a 3,500-cubic-foot Stanley Furniture truck.
That 3,500 cubic feet of waste represents less than two weeks' worth of deliveries for the Marty Rae's in Lexington, resulting in a great deal of material, not to mention unusable space.
Cost also is an issue when it comes to recycling packaging waste materials.
"Cardboard can be recycled through the county, but it's not so easy to dispose of other packaging materials such as styrofoam, plastic bags and even skids," noted Joe Sokol of Morris Sokol in Charleston.
Stanley's Earth Day celebration was the first of many initiatives designed to foster one of the company's key initiatives, called "Our World Made Better."
According to Glenn Prillaman, Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Our
World Made Better is part of Stanley Furnitures corporate-wide mission "to positively impact the lives and futures of the company's customers, associates, shareholders, partners and planet," said Glenn Prillaman, executive vice president of sales and marketing.
Loth said improved packaging over the next three years will reduce cost and waste.
"We saw this initiative as a great way to begin increasing awareness in this area," she said. In addition, Stanley has pledged to channel its energies into two other major areas, including air quality improvement and the reduction of hazardous waste via a corporate-wide solvent recovery program.
Coastal Chic owner, Susan Tygret added, "I'm thankful that Stanley Furniture has set the pace for such an important initiative," said Coastal Chic Owner Susan Tygret. "It's definitely a step in the right direction for
furniture manufacturers."
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