The products themselves are manufactured (by a third party) from flat sheets (2.4 x 1.2 m) of recycled plastic, typically 6, 9 or 12 mm thick. Standard sheets are black in colour. A thin coloured coating can be applied during manufacture to provide a coloured surface on one side. Additives are also applied during manufacture to make the plastic 'UV stable', to minimise colour fade when exposed to sunlight.
Our recycled plastic is made entirely from used food-grade plastic, such as bottle caps and food trays. All plastic waste from the manufacturing process is returned for recycling to make more plastic sheet – this makes our manufacture almost a zero waste process.
Our metal fasteners are made from stainless steel or other rustproof alloys, to provide a long outdoor life. Being metal, they can all be recycled.
We produce as little literature as possible. What we do produce is printed on paper with a high recycled fibre content. Our business cards, for example, are printed on 80% recycled card.
