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Reducing & Recycling Plastic Containers
Pacific Bindery uses a number of glues: remoistenable glue, traditional hot melt, polyurethane reactive and other types of adhesives that come in containers. Pacific Bindery has coordinated recycling of these containers with its glue suppliers. Pacific Bindery is also currently working with an aggregator to remove plastic containers that once contained chemistries such as solvent.

With the doubling of Pacific Bindery’s production capacity over the past few years, the company has implemented environmental initiatives to assist in improving operational efficiency and financial performance.

Reducing Solvent and Rag Use
You wouldn’t think a bindery would need to use solvent however it is regularly used to clean rollers on the folders and other machines due to the build-up of ink and other chemicals that are offset from the printed sheet. To reduce the amount of solvent and shop towels used, Pacific Bindery has implemented a multi-step approach.

Recycling Strapping & Wrapping
Pacific Bindery also recycles a large volume of plastic and metal strapping, shrink-wrap plastic and wooden skids. This amounts to 1,000 cubic yards of landfill freed up for other garbage.

Every Bit Counts
Pacific Bindery Services uses a significant amount of compressed air to operate its binding machines and vacuum/baling system. This requires compressors, which in turn use filters and lubricating oil. Pacific Bindery not only recycles the filters but also filters the resulting waste oil-water mix condensate. Recovered oil is sent to recyclers and the filtered water is used to water the lawn and for other uses.

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