Ecore facilities certified as zero waste

Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based rubber recycling company Ecore says it has achieved zero waste environmental claim validations from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for two of its manufacturing facilities.

Ecore says it has partnered with UL to complete 2020 Zero Waste to Landfill audits for its facilities in Lancaster and York, Pennsylvania. The audit has credited the Lancaster facility with achieving a landfill diversion rate of 99 percent, with 22 percent waste diversion tied to energy recovery. The plant in York achieved a landfill diversion rate of 100 percent, again with 22 percent involving energy recovery.

“This is a huge milestone in our company’s pursuit of a more circular economy and a world free of rubber waste,” says Art Dodge III, CEO and president of Ecore. “We like to say that Ecore was born ‘green’ and, as an industry leader in recycled products technology, these validations reinforce our commitment to reducing our environmental impact.”

The UL Environmental Claim Validation Mark “communicates to purchasers that products have been evaluated by an objective third-party and independently proven to have been manufactured and/or to perform in accordance with the manufacturer’s environmental claims,” says Ecore.

“Our products are manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities with a focus on continually improving efficiency, sustainability and responsible resource management,” adds Dodge. “Furthermore, Ecore’s manufacturing process has virtually no waste – scrap material from production is collected and recycled back into our system because rubber can be continually recycled and does not degrade through the recycling process like [some] other materials.”

Ecore uses much of the rubber it reclaims to produce athletic and commercial flooring, selling to customers in more than 75 countries.