Sustainability and Recycling
Sustainability
Steel is an essential material in modern society and a critical enabler of sustainable development. At Absco Sheds, integrating sustainable practices throughout our value chain sits at the forefront of how we develop, manufacture and sell steel products. Sustainability is critical to the long-term prosperity of our community and business, and we are committed to ensuring we continue to drive a sustainable future.
What is Absco doing?
At Absco, our people are developing innovative, practical, and efficient solutions to make effective change and reduce our carbon footprint. Some of our initiatives include:
Learn where you can recycle your old shed for cash.
Steel is the world’s most recycled material – it is 100% recyclable
All scrap metal and cardboard waste is recycled
All lights throughout the factory have been upgraded to LED
Absco’s factory energy is now running off solar and grid
Diesel machinery has been replaced with gas, reducing CO2 emissions
New packaging is water-based ink on fully recyclable boxes
Videos & App reduce paper consumption for instruction manuals, saving 988 trees each year
Absco has partnered with organisations for a national recycling scheme to recycle their old sheds for cash
Our people are our strength – developing innovative, practical and efficient solutions