Sizewise recognizes and embraces its social responsibility for establishing environmentally conscious practices. In this effort we have established policies and procedures that are mindful of our natural surroundings. Below is a list of just a few initiatives Sizewise has implemented as part of our Green policy:
• Switched from aerosolized painting to a powder coating process
• Purchase recycled cardboard, also recycle all cardboard including cardboard scraps
• Replaced all lighting within 200,000+ sq. ft. of manufacturing space to improve efficiency and lighting quality
• Use blended (virgin & recycled) plastic for all molded parts
• Recycling programs for mattress products
• Switched our cutting fluid to a water-based, biodegradable formula
• Send all steel runoff to a certified company for recycling
• Manufacture environmentally preferred products (SW Envy Line of products does not contain latex, mercury, carcinogens, PBT’s or reproductive toxins)
• Employs Environmental, Health and Safety Personnel
• Reduced water consumption and cleaning process at the Hays, KS manufacturing facility by 8 times
• Reduced gas use-age for heating of cleaning process tanks at Hays, KS manufacturing facility by lowering the temperature for the stage 1 tank and eliminating the heat entirely for the stage 4 tank
• Substitution of phosphate cleaning process of metals to less environmentally impacting conversion coating process requiring only a 4 stage process which was previously 5 stages
• Utilization of well-water instead of processed city water reduces energy consumption (city water treatment requires a lot of treatment processes) and is cleaner than city water, which aids in Sizewise being able to re-use and recycle waters used in processes