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GREEN INITIATIVES

Alco is committed to sustainability and that drives our business

EVERY YEAR WE RECYCLE:
50M
50 MILLION LBS.
OF STEEL
6M
6 MILLION LBS.
OF BRASS
2M
2 MILLION LBS.
OF ALUMINUM
40K
40,000 LBS.OF
STAINLESS STEEL
98%
OF OIL USED IS RECOVERED & REUSED
ALCO'S GREEN PRACTICES
Here are a few of the green practices we have put into place:
OIL RECLAMATION & SCRAP RECYCLING
All of the oil used in our facilities is reclaimed and repurposed. We take the byproducts of manufacturing—chips, scrap and shavings—and run them through a chip spinner. We reclaim the oil, then send the dry chips out to be recycled back into raw bar stock.
LED LIGHTING IN ALL FACILITIES
We are in the process of switching to long-lived, low-energy LED lighting in all of our manufacturing facilities, but we won’t stop there. We plan to equip our lighting system with timers and motion detectors, cutting down significantly on wasted electricity in less-used areas during
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