Orbus Exhibit & Display Group®, one of North America’s leading trade suppliers of display, exhibit, and event solutions, is pleased to announce that the company’s continuous environmental protection and recycling efforts saved thousands of trees, hours, of energy and kept 390 tons of materials out of landfills in 2015.
The company’s two manufacturing and distribution facilities—headquarters in Woodridge, Illinois and flagship facility in Las Vegas, Nevada– are certified under the ISO 14001:2004 standard, which provides guidelines to establish and maintain an environmental management system through minimizing harmful effects on the environment caused by business activities and achieving continual improvement of environmental performance. Orbus employees are encouraged daily to reduce waste headed to landfills.
Orbus strives to follow strict guidelines in daily operations. In 2015, the company’s recycling efforts resulted in 205,300 pounds of cardboard, 60,000 pounds of aluminum, 440,000 pounds of fabric, and 76,000 pounds of plastic being recycled at both facilities. Recycling bins in employee lunch rooms, cubicles, and offices, along with fabric, plastic, and paper recycling programs in the warehouses, encourage and enable such results. In addition, the company also recycles batteries, electronics, old pallets and skids, and steel. Orbus’ recycling efforts reduced the amount of waste sent to landfills from both locations by 21 percent in 2015.
“Orbus makes it a priority to protect and preserve the environment, especially in the area surrounding our manufacturing headquarters,” said Jim Concannon, Operations Manager for Orbus. “We are proud to watch the amount of materials that we divert from landfills each year continue to grow, enabling employees to continue saving our natural resources.”
