Sustainability

Sustainability has been lived at Reiss Kunststofftechnik for years:

• We source our raw materials from reputable manufacturers, locally if possible. Our partners work according to established quality and environmental guidelines. Raw materials of dubious origin are not used.
• To avoid unnecessary CO₂ emissions from transport, we work with local partners wherever possible. We do not source any materials from the Far East!
• All plastic waste, such as sprues or die edges, is collected by type, ground up and returned to the production cycle. Our internal recycling rate for plastics is > 95 %.
• All our products are labeled and can therefore be separated by type and sent for material recycling or energy recovery.
• We also offer the processing of bio-based plastics if it is technically feasible and ecologically sound.

Reiss Kunststofftechnik GmbH is:

• DIN ISO 9001 certified (quality management)
  → This ensures efficient and reliable processes. As a result, manufacturing is efficient and unnecessary scrap and thus energy waste and waste are avoided
• DIN ISO 14001 certified (environmental management)
  → By acting efficiently and in an environmentally conscious manner, we use our resources sparingly and take care to impact our environment as little as possible.
• Energy management system according to § 3 of the SpaEfV.
  → Responsible and planned use of energy as a resource. Targeted optimization of energy consumption and the CO₂ footprint.

Processing plastics is energy-intensive. Plastics have to be melted, shaped and then cooled down again. Nevertheless, compared with the production of steel or aluminum objects, plastics processing has a clear advantage in terms of energy.

The generation of energy from fossil sources produces CO₂. To keep our CO₂ emissions as low as possible, we observe the following points:

• When purchasing new equipment, we select the most energy-efficient injection molding and thermoforming machines possible.
• We use our production waste heat for heating.
• We operate energy management with the aim of further reducing our energy consumption.

Our employees are the most important resource for driving sustainability in the company:

• The fluctuation of our employees is extremely low. Thus, our employees benefit from the stability of the company and Reiss Kunststofftechnik from their comprehensive know-how.
• Only with motivated and well-trained employees can a company be led into the future. That is why we pay our employees in line with the market and provide them with ongoing training.
• Our production site is located in southern Germany. We live up to the high German employment standards. Questions about compliance with human rights, poor working conditions or even child labor do not even arise.