EFS Plastics Inc. from Elmira, specializes in turning mixed plastic (such as yogurt cups, margarine tubs, etc.) and film plastic (including shopping bags) into pellets used to make tool boxes, pipe and other products. This process diverts more than 4,500 tonnes of plastic waste from landfills every year. The company is in the process of building a new facility in Listowel that will create at least 20 new jobs and dramatically increase its processing capabilities.
Scarborough's Calstone is a family-owned furniture manufacturer that has fully embraced green practices in its operations. Through its remanufacturing program, old Calstone products that are being replaced can be picked up and returned to the manufacturer at no charge to the customer. The old products are then broken down and recycled. Calstone's waste reduction and sustainability programs have won the company numerous awards and recognition for its environmental excellence.
Simcoe-based Heffco Elastomers's products are made from 100 per cent recycled rubber (chiefly from used tires) and plastics. Heffco supplies products such as recycled tire rubber crumb for athletic fields and modified asphalt, as well as industrial rubber and plastic for various industries including oil and gas drilling, roofing systems, sport tracks and rubber molding.
