The Materials Direct Green Initiative

Minimised Waste Material

Waste materials can have a devastating impact on the environment. It can build up in landfills and over time become toxic as it deteriorates.

Materials Direct combats this by having a minimal-waste policy. All materials which are left unused or discarded and are instead used to make additional parts.

As part of the green initiative, Materials Direct also ensures that the materials used contain no harmful chemicals. This ensures that whilst parts are being manufactured, no harmful toxins enter the environment.

Fewer Materials Used

Overproduction results in unnecessary energy being used to make parts, further increasing the emissions that enter our atmosphere.

In order to avoid this, Materials Direct ensures that they only produce the exact number of parts needed by their customers.

This also reduces the amount of waste caused by storing parts that may deteriorate or later need replacing.

There is No Minimum order quantity so no waste parts are having to be made, paid for, or stored at customer sites in the hope they are used in future builds.

Storage of unnecessary, un-required parts is inefficient in energy usage as well as an unnecessary expense. The world doesn’t need more obsolete stocks which ultimately go into landfill.

Working With Green Companies

Materials Direct works with a wide range of companies that are also part of the green initiative and share our environmental values.

A great example of this is the production of custom electric vehicle components for lithium-ion battery storage solutions.

Materials Direct is working with companies building Electric Vehicles to improve Carbon emissions and reduce global warming.

Providing Greener Solutions

Materials Direct not only works with existing green companies but also encourages and supports businesses in taking their first steps to become environmentally friendly.

By providing greener solutions, they are able to provide companies, who are looking to reduce their own carbon footprint, with a less impactful solution to their ordering needs.

Businesses can rest assured that they are ordering from an environmentally conscious business.

Larger Orders, Fewer Deliveries, with a Credit Account

Materials offer customers great financial incentives to place larger orders in order to reduce the number of total orders needed.

Larger quantity shipments mean fewer deliveries are needed which reduces the number of carbon emissions as less energy and fuel is used to make unnecessary journeys.

This also minimises the number of times machines need to be used, further reducing the emissions they produce.

Sustainable Packaging

Materials Direct is developing a sustainable packaging programme and working to eliminate the non-recyclable materials used in the delivery of its parts.

Packaging used is recyclable and minimal use of plastics and other undesired materials. .

Materials Direct has not only introduced packaging that is suitable for end-user recycling but also keeps packaging down to a minimum and only uses what is necessary.