Their extruded ducting is made from high quality recycled window and door frames, their plastic injection mouldings are made using recycled parts from old fridge freezers.

They use cardboard made from recycled materials and recycle and repurpose all cardboard.

They have replaced their lights with LED lighting, saving the equivalent energy of 38 houses per year. Motion sensors are also in place to ensure lighting is only on when needed.

They have recently updated a few of their machines totalling to saving the equivalent energy of 61.1 houses per year.

Waste materials are recycled into useful products, minimising waste as much as possible.

As a team theybare working on a switch off and save culture across all areas of the business, reducing wasted energy as much as possible.

Their electricity comes from a 100% renewable source, they also have plans in motion to convert to electric forklift trucks and company cars.

Work has taken place to minimise transportation around site as much as possible, further reducing energy usage across the business.

As part of their drive for a better future, Ben Wicks, the Finance Director and Martin Phillips, the Technical Operations Manager, are trained in Carbon Literacy. They also plan on helping all employees on site to become carbon literate. Martin also leads their sustainability team on site and regularly analyses our procedures and try and identify alternative ways that minimises or positively impacts the environment.

Verplas are also heavily invested in their people and in 2022 they were awarded for their efforts with a People Sustainability award within the Indutrade Group, 1st in the UK and Runner up Globally and in 2023 they won the global award! This is a great achievement for them at Verplas, as they undergo a culture change, their unstoppable team have time and time again shown how truly great they are and that deserves to be celebrated. In 2020 they began their transformation, as part of this they have invested in over 3000 hours of training across their team in 2021, that number vasty grew over 2022 and this year they are on target to reach over 4400 hours of training to help their team reach their potential.