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First Things First: Safety & The Environment In
Product Assembly & Packaging.
Sun
does not conduct traditional manufacturing operations as part of its
business.
Rather, Sun undertakes final assembly and testing of some of its larger
and more complex products at assembly plants in Portland,Oregon, and
Linlithgow, Scotland.
These operations do not use hazardous materials or
generate
hazardous waste, air emissions, or wastewater discharges. Nonetheless,
Sun is committed to using environmentally sensitive assembly processes
and reducing employees' exposure to risks and dangers in the assembly
area. For example:
- Sun has developed and implemented corporate Environmental
Management Systems and policies
to
ensure that Sun assesses the environmental impact of its operations and
any risk to employees and surrounding communities.
- Both of Sun's assembly sites are designed to be free
of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
- Air
quality in Linlithgow is enhanced through a sophisticated filtration
system, and specific lighting is utilized to combat fatigue and
eyestrain for tasks that involve close inspection.
- Sun recycles all of the cardboard, foam and plastic
packaging materials from suppliers and resells the wooden pallets, to
minimize the amount of waste that would otherwise go into expensive
landfills.
- In 2002 and 2003 alone, Sun 's facilities in the
U.S.
recycled over 1200 tons of cardboard and over 250 tons of white
and mixed paper.
- In
the first quarter of 2004 alone, the Linlithgow, Scotland facility
recycled over 160,000 Kgs of cardboard; 35000 Kgs of white paper;
and 20,000 Kgs of plastics.
- Office paper is used by Kimberley Clark and
manufactured
into kitchen and hand towels.
- Cardboard is sold to UK mills only, mainly PBP,
Aberdeen
who manufacture plasterboard
- Plastic is sold to BPI who manufacture into the
membrane
used for house foundations
- Cans are sold to Alcan, shipped to Warrington,
rolled and
re pressed to make new cans
- Plastic cups are sold on to Remarkable Pencils who
recycle into pens, pencils and rulers
- Wood is chipped and sent to Cowie, Stirlingshire to
be
made into chip board
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