Reducing Our Footprint
We are committed to reducing our footprint at all three of our locations. Changes range from big and small, and we’re especially proud of our efforts to reduce leather scraps, plastic shrink wrap, food scraps and plastic strapping. See below the ways we’re making our business more sustainable:
Compost and Recycling:
Commercially Composted Items
41,877 lbs
Diverted from Landfills
(July ’18 – April ’25)
Leather Scraps Recycled
81,953 lbs
(July ’18 – April ’25)
Plastic Shrink Wrap Recycled
27,245 lbs
(July ’18 – April ’25)
Plastic Strapping Recycled
16,016 lbs
(July ’18 – April ’25)
Other Changes
- Electric car chargers – Watson Gloves Burnaby Branch is now part of the CleanBC Program – installed 7 Go Electric EV Chargers at Burnaby Branch parking lot for staff usage
- Reduced plastic packaging – plastic strapping will no longer be on our outer cases of disposable gloves
- Transitioned to Cardboard J-Hooks – plastic j-hooks have been replaced with recycled cardboard j-hooks
- Transitioned to Recycled Glove Tags – glove tags have been transitioned to 100% recycled paper
- Coffee mugs – reusable for branch office use
- Coffee-to-go mugs – offered to staff
- Reusable water bottles for all staff
- Cutlery – no plastic – now compostable wood
- Stir sticks – no plastic – now compostable wood
- Coffee pods – moved all 3 branches to Muldoon’s 100% Omnigradable, which means the packaging will break down in any environment where microbes are present, even landfills.
- No more plastic cups – we now only use cups made from 100% renewable resources certified by BPI and meet ASTM standards for compostability
- Transitioned to LED lighting in all of our 3 branches – 30% energy savings
- Transitioned to 50% post consumer printer paper
- Catalogues – available online to reduce the number we need to print
- Set up a recycling program for all pens, felt pens, sharpies
- Polybags – We use landfill biodegradable polybags
There’s a new EV in town — Keep your eyes peeled for our funky Bottles to Gloves electric car on the road now – in the Greater Vancouver area!
Partnerships & Certifications
FSC Recycled
FSC – It’s paper that is certified coming from a verified place of looking after our forests. FSC labels can be found on thousands of products around the world. They provide consumers with the assurance that the product is made from responsible sources and has been verified to meet FSC’s strict environmental and social standards. Learn more here.
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