| SUSTAINABILITY |
| Product & Technology Leadership |
Environmental sustainability is the ability to maintain the qualities that are valued in the physical environment.
KDV Label Company is located in the heart of a residential neighborhood. The Vaughn Family is compassionate to respect our neighbors and community.
It is KDV’s mission to provide a quality product while also using fewer resources and running more efficient processes. Since the early 90’s, we have been implementing ways in which we can be more environmentally friendly. Here are some of our sustainability accomplishments:
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KDV Matrix Waste |
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•Recycled into fuel pellets
•4 trailer loads of bails per month vs. 20
•42-cubic yards pulled per month
•Trailer goes directly to Greenwood Fuels vs. taken
via front end loader to transfer site
•Savings of 160,000 pounds per month
from going into a Land Fill
•This process has been in place since
the early 90’s |
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Encourage use of NK Liner |
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•In Dairy Industry use of Brown vs. White means:
- 3,200 tons of wood saved
- 36,000,000 gallons of water saved
- 1,300,000 pounds of solid waste saved
*Numbers supplied from Fasson
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Solvent Inks Eliminated |
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•All water base inks used
•All UV or water based coatings |
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Solvent-less Plate Making |
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•Elimination of solvent plate making system
•Installation of DuPont fast Plates since 2002 |
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Eliminated Ethyl Acetate |
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•Eliminated this cleaner in favor of an organic cleaner in
2007 |
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Energy Efficient Lighting |
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•Addition of 22,000 square feet all energy efficient lighting – 2008
•Updated balance of plant with energy efficient lighting as well |
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Water Recycling |
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•Current implementation of
recycling of water
through cleaning
system.
•2,100 gallons per
day |
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Elimination of Bags in Boxes |
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Eliminated negative chemicals |
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VOC’S Lowering for three consecutive years
2006 - 9.8 Tons
2007 - 6.8 Tons
2008 - 6.3 Tons
*due to our lowering of solvents and ethyl acetate |
