L&P...Green from the Inside Out!
Leggett & Platt Home Furniture Components, the leading manufacturer globally of furniture components for motion and stationary residential furniture, wants you to know our commitment to green goes further than just talk.
Furniture Hardware
Product...
- 95% recycled steel content in our recliner mechanisms
- Over 50% of our shipping cartons are reused and recyclable
- Leggett mechanisms are free of lead-based paint or finishes
Manufacturing...
- L&P Hardware Wash Systems use recycled water
- L&P uses low-solvent, water-based paints and no-solvent powder coating materials, thereby reducing or eliminating solvent air emissions and solvent waste
- Facilities use energy efficient lighting systems
- Optimize compressed air systems reducing annual electricity needs
Seating
Product...
- 90% recycled steel content used in our wire products.
- 50% of shipments made using returnable/reusable packaging.
- 100% of scrap metal is recycled.
Manufacturing...
- 30% savings on natural gas by introducing more air into the oven - resulting in lower oven temperatures.
- All solvents and cleaning solutions are water based.
- Cleaning solvents are recycled by an outside firm.
- Increased use of returnable packaging in 2008 by 15%.
- Truck fleet replaced in 2008 with fuel efficient vehicles.
- Pallets are re-used an average of 10 times before they are rebuilt then put back into service.
Sleepers
Product...
- 95% recycled steel content used in our sleeper mechanisms.
- 50+% of shipments made using reusable packaging.
- 100% of side assembly totes are returned.
- 100% of cardboard is recycled.
- 100% of plastic is recycled.
- 100% of fiber is recycled.
Manufacturing...
- Outbound waste was reduced 2/3.
- 100% of oil and solvents are recycled.
- 30% more efficient furnaces were installed.
- ICompressed air system installed in the curing oven to reduce the amount of heat needed to cure the paint.
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