TVH Increases Recycling Efforts

TVH in the Americas, a leading provider of replacement parts and accessories for the material handling and equipment industries, increased its sustainable practices and recycled more than 389USt of paper, cardboard and other recyclable materials in 2017. This is an increase of almost 20USt from the previous year.

With 14 locations in the Americas, TVH knows that by making even one small change that they can make a big impact on the local community and the surrounding environment. Through its recycling efforts, one of the company’s environmentally-friendly programmes, TVH says it has saved: 6613 trees; 2,723,000 gallons of water; 1,556,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and 1283.7 cubic yards of landfill space

TVH is actively making choices to lessen its impact on the environment by collecting more recyclable materials such as shrink-wrap, green strapping material, cardboard and more. It strives to use eco-friendly or recycled materials whenever possible.  In addition to its recycling efforts, TVH has implemented a lighting programme that has reduced its carbon emissions by over 200USt.

The company says, “We know our customers are concerned with their environmental impact as well. In order to meet the growing demand for more environmentally friendly options, TVH has expanded its product offering to include a wide variety of eco-friendly products including a large offering of reconditioned parts, available for many different makes and models.”

In 2018, TVH will continue to expand its product offerings as well as apply green processes at all of its locations to help reduce unnecessary waste and create a healthy environment for its employees. TVH Americas offers more than 37 million products from 14 locations in the Americas with a 15th location openning soon to the Northwest USA.