Environmental initiatives by Contex

A greener Contex

We see it as a key responsibility to become a greener company and make our products from Contex even more environmentally friendly.

A newly established project team within our company is looking at ways to reduce our environmental footprint, to reduce CO2 and to contribute to sustainability goals. The project team is making an effort to involve all the employees and has challenged them to come up with innovative ideas.

We are obviously looking at things like:

  • removing excess plastic parts from our standard products
  • removing unneeded plastic bags
  • handing out scanner software online instead of on CDs
  • reducing internal plastic foam (EPE) protective packaging and replacing these with environmental friendlier solutions
  • using cardboard boxes made from recycled material.

We will also be looking at daily life in our offices, warehouses and factory and how we travel there.

Investing in areas to become more energy efficient like lighting, heating, cooling and water usage, and we’re hopeful to see some “out-of-the-box” or “in-your-face” ideas from our employee challenge. Becoming greener is a team effort.

Below you find the the directives our products follow.

ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR is the US government-backed symbol for energy efficiency helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy-efficient products and practices.

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REACH Compliance

REACH is a regulation within the EU and improves protection of human health and the environment from the risks of chemicals in our production.

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WEEE Directive

We follow the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) that aims to increase the recycling and re-use of electrical equipment and scarce resources used in electronics also to contribute to a circular economy.

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RoHS Compliant

RoHS (Restriction of Harzardous Substances) restricts substances present in electronic equipment according to an EU Directive.

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Elretur

As a member of Elretur, we take responsibility for our products when they are have served their time. Through our membership, we contribute to more and better recycling.

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