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KM and the Environment...
...we are working hard to ensure we are environmentally responsible.
KM Furniture Ltd are very conscious of our responsibility to minimise the impact that our activities have on the environment, in respect of our manufacturing processes, our purchasing of raw materials and the day-to-day conduct of our other commercial activities. We are one of the few suppliers to have a registered Environmentalist Engineer employed.
All our adhesives, stains and lacquers meet COSHH standards, and we are changing wherever practical to water-based products. Cardboard packaging collected and returned to our factory is repaired and re-used. All off-cuts of cardboard and packaging are collected for recycling. Timber cut-offs and waste are used to heat our factory, via high efficiency wood burning stoves with clean air afterburners.
The environmentally responsible use of timber is a complex issue. Timber is an inherently renewable resource, and if sensibly used results in minimal pollution. Timber production can provide a substantial economic boost in needy areas of the world. As a responsible manufacturer, we have sought to purchase timber only from farmed sources, and ceased using any tropical hardwoods whatsoever in any of our products.
Overall, our policy is guided by two major considerations. Firstly, all our management are acutely aware of the real dangers to our environment caused by our industrial society, and we feel a moral obligation to play whatever small part we can to improve the current situation. Secondly, as society as a whole becomes more environmentally conscious it is obviously commercially prudent for us to ensure that our products are sourced and manufactured in a way that will meet with our customers approval. All our purchasing and operational decisions now take account of both these moral and commercial imperatives, and are under constant ongoing review.