Eco-Responsible
We’re striving to become part of the zero waste community.
To dramatically reduce the amount of waste destined for landfill, we want to maximize the amount of valuable resources kept in productive use in society.
We recycle all our (newspaper, cardboard, plastic, glass, etc.) and always look for vendors who use closed loop processes and recyclable packaging.
Here’s a short list of other materials that we take into consideration:
- Lead wheel weights and all our scrap metal goes into a giant grinder, then ferrous and non ferrous are separated. This goes to a refiner and then a smelter and can be used for just about anything that you make out of metal.
- We buy as much as we can in bulk. (oil, windshield washer fluid, etc.) to eliminate the need for plastic bottles and to minimize shipping and transportation emissions.
- All our used oil filters are drained, the oil is recycled. However, even in a treehugger land like Boulder, we've yet to find anyone who can recycle the remaining metal, plastic and paper. We're still searching and getting closer to finding a way to pull it off and will keep you posted of our progress.
- Used air filters have the paper separated from the metal and plastic. Each is then recycled separately to ensure maximum reuse of materials
- We recycle used belts, hoses and rubber.
- All of our used oil is re-refined back into new oil, which takes 85% less energy that refining new oil and doesn’t involve drilling for any more oil.
- Our shop uses a WD-40 alternative based on soy products
We are constantly looking for new and better ways to have less impact and will keep you posted on our progress.
