Recycling & Reuse
Recycling Reuse

As we work to fulfill our commitment to Building a Better World, our team is focused on top performing products while maximizing material circularity. Whether through partnerships with third-party recycling operations or refurbishment and reuse of containers, we continually seek opportunities to make our packaging greener and keep recyclables out of landfills to reduce waste.  

Eco-Friendly Packaging

We use recycled content in packaging and look for ways to utilize less packaging in customer shipments. We use packaging containing post-consumer plastics to give products another life outside of a landfill. For example, each year, we use approximately 6 million 1-gallon paint cans that are made from 90% recycled material. The majority of our corrugated boxes use an optimized blend of recycled and virgin wood pulp. We also work with customers to ship orders together to reduce packaging waste, improve freight costs and increase customer convenience.

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Rust-Oleum Saves on Packaging and Plastic Cans

Rust-Oleum introduced an innovative All-In-One Packaging system for two-component kits, which ensures both components in the company’s flooring systems are shipped together. The new system maximizes product delivery per pallet and enhances the efficiency of inventory handling, saving on shipping material costs and emissions. Rust-Oleum also converted approximately 6 million cans to post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic cans to simplify the recycling process and minimize waste downstream. In addition, its cleaner business utilizes bottles made from 25% recycled content.

Rust Oleum All In One Packaging Slider
Rust-Oleum Saves on Packaging and Plastic Cans

Rust-Oleum introduced an innovative All-In-One Packaging system for two-component kits, which ensures both components in the company’s flooring systems are shipped together. The new system maximizes product delivery per pallet and enhances the efficiency of inventory handling, saving on shipping material costs and emissions. Rust-Oleum also converted approximately 6 million cans to post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic cans to simplify the recycling process and minimize waste downstream. In addition, its cleaner business utilizes bottles made from 25% recycled content.

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Stonhard Reduces Waste Through Smart Packaging

Stonhard uses fill-and-seal packaging instead of rigid metal packaging in delivering its flooring, wall and lining solutions. This allows packaging material to be formed, filled with the product and sealed in one continuous operation, enabling significantly less packaging waste. Form-Fill-Seal packaging also reduces product contamination in the waste and recycling stream.

STONHARD Reduces Waste Smart Packaging
Stonhard Reduces Waste Through Smart Packaging

Stonhard uses fill-and-seal packaging instead of rigid metal packaging in delivering its flooring, wall and lining solutions. This allows packaging material to be formed, filled with the product and sealed in one continuous operation, enabling significantly less packaging waste. Form-Fill-Seal packaging also reduces product contamination in the waste and recycling stream.

Recycling Initiatives

As product sustainability becomes increasingly important to our customers, we focus on reusing materials in our products. We educate our partners up and down the supply chain to ensure products are used responsibly and to work to convert to packaging made from recycled content or that can be recycled to reduce end-user waste.  

DayGlo upcycles post-industrial polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a waste product left over from plastic containers production, and grinds it down to use in its ECO Pigment line, which contains upwards of 26% recycled plastic.

Euclid Chemical is making concrete last longer with FIBERSTRAND REPREVE 225, a polyester synthetic microfiber made from REPREVE 225 fibers from recycled water bottles. These fibers serve as a replacement to steel rebar, providing 3-D protection against cracking with a reduced carbon footprint. Additionally, for every pound of FIBERSTRAND REPREVE 225 used, up to 10 plastic bottles are diverted from landfills.

HIGHLIGHT

Helping Customers Recycle Paint Safely

RPM companies participate in the American Coatings Association’s (ACA) PaintCare Program to help their customers recycle paint easily and safely. The program leverages more than 200 local waste collection facilities across the United States. To date, the program has collected nearly 70 million gallons of post-consumer architectural paint.




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