| Considering the environment in the production of our tile not only gives us a warm fuzzy feeling but is also good sound business. Every day we are coming up with new ways that we can reduse, reuse and recycle. Here are some ways that our different departments are taking steps to make Red Rock a green place to work and a green product to buy. |
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Overall Red Rock Green Benefits
- Our Reduce, Reuse, Recycle effort is so effective our dumpster is the smallest we can get and is on average only filled 20% weekly!
- All water is reclaimed and purified on site and reused
- We are centrally located in the heart of the midwest with less shipping costs, and fuel usage than our coastal counterparts.
- It may be a little chilli or a little hot but in the winter the kilns provide the tileworks heat and in the summer the open air truck docks and fans provide our cool.
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Office
- Our biggest effort is to cut down on paper usage and energy consumption. All Sales Order confirmations and Invoices are done electronically. This not only cuts down on our printer cartiridge use and paper use but the energy used to mail the envelopes is completely eliminated.
- When we do have to print, we use solid ink technology, which means no toner cartiridges, less waste, fewer CO2 emissions, and non-toxic
- It may look like our office is closed but we aren't. We just shut off our lights when we aren't in the room.
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Clay and Tile Production
- All clay is recycled! If a tile doesn't come out of the mold right, we grind it back into dust, add water and make a new one out of it.!
- Water that is captured in our drying room is used for cleaning.
- Almost all of our equipment is "reused", meaning we are the salvagers that take old stuff and repurpose it to fit out tile making needs. Ninty-five percent of our equipment is either used or fashioned from old material. For example, an old shower pan now serves as a spray booth collection pan, and bread trays from a local burger joint are used for tile storage trays.
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Glaze Department
- All clay is recycled! If a tile doesn't come out of the mold right, we grind it back into dust, add water and make a new one out of it.!
- Water that is captured in our drying room is used for cleaning.
- Almost all of our equipment is "reused", meaning we are the salvagers that take old stuff and repurpose it to fit out tile making needs. Ninty-five percent of our equipment is either used or fashioned from old material. For example, an old shower pan now serves as a spray booth collection pan, and bread trays from a local burger joint are used for tile storage trays.
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