Kinder & Gentler to Mother Earth & Our Environment

Although earth friendly, recycled materials don’t always meet the specifications required, we will inform our customers when they have a choice to use more environmentally sound materials. With plastic as our mainstay, we take seriously the impact plastic can have on our communities and on sustainability.

Earth-Friendly Materials

Ehren-Haus is proud to offer a variety of recycled materials produced from Post-Consumer and Post-Industrial waste.

Ehren-Haus actively participates in post-industrial recycling by collecting and recycling its scrap, waste and parts that don’t pass quality inspection.

Post-Consumer: materials collected only after they were used for the purpose for which they were originally manufactured. Post-consumer materials are acquired by residential curbside collection programs, drop-off programs, and collection at institutions such as schools and colleges. These materials are limited to PET and HDPE (bottle and film grade), some polypropylene from battery casings collected from vehicle battery return programs, and LDPE and HDPE film grocery bags collected at recycling stations by supermarkets.

Post-Industrial: materials collected that were generated as scrap or waste material of a production run. These materials are also referred to as "pre-consumer." Post-industrial resins are waste and leftovers generated by processors or fabricators. Typical examples include drool, purgings, trimmings, or reject parts. These materials can be recycled into similar applications, i.e., extrusion grade material into an extrusion process or blown film grade material into film processes.

On occasion, Ehren-Haus can offer a recycling program for your parts and components that we have re-engineered and are replacing. The program, when applicable, can save money on your new parts and components and reduce your carbon footprint. Check with us to see if your needs may qualify for a recycling program.