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REDUCE
Reducing the use of wasteful and nonrecyclable products will have a positive
impact on a business’s ecological footprint.
SMI has focused on the most used materials
our business has used over the past few years,
including single use plastic, plastic packaging,
and paper, to see where improvements could
be made to reduce our waste. Since 2022, SMI
has removed over 4m poly bags, equating
65,000 kg of plastic from our operations.
During 2021 we implemented a paperless
warehouse management system at our
distribution centre, which has already
signi昀椀cantly reduced our paper consumption.
Global urgent action is needed to reduce
plastic waste, and SMI have taken several
steps to do their bit to combat this issue. These
steps include removing plastic bagging from
products across orders and using DPD green
packing, which is made from 80% reclaimed
materials and is 100% recyclable. Another step
SMI have taken looks at our o昀昀setting project
which is dedicated to cleaning up plastic from
the ocean. This project is a commitment to
collecting 10kg of plastic for tonne of CO2
that is o昀昀set. SMI o昀昀set 434,000kg of carbon
which is the equivalent of 217,000kg of plastic
collected from the ocean after the emissions is
split across the two projects we support.
A PAPERLESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT SMI’S
DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, HAS SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED PAPER CONSUMPTION
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