Cardboard

The shipments that we receive and send out in cardboard packaging are made from recycled cardboard. As you can imagine, we receive numerous shipments and therefore are left with large amounts of cardboard boxes. These boxes are first reused for overflow inventory. What’s left is put into our bailer, which compacts the material and prepares it for recycling. The cardboard is then picked up every two to three weeks and taken in for recycling.

Wood

In our warehouse, much of our inventory is moved and stored on wood pallets. Instead of purchasing new pallets, the original pallets are consistently reused. When there is an excess of pallets or a reason that they can no longer be used, the pallets are brought to a company where they are resold or recycled for new uses.

Returned Merchandise

Each month Lydia’s receives returned items from customers. The majority of these items are still in perfect condition and are resold. A small percentage of these items have small flaws and cannot be resold. Lydia’s takes the necessary steps to ensure that these medical uniforms are not wasted. The majority of these pieces are donated to charities and organizations that work internationally providing healthcare. These scrubs and hospital uniforms provide individuals with work wear that would otherwise be difficult to afford. At the end of each year, items that have not been sold or donated are available for Lydia’s employees.

Equipment

Lydia’s equipment for shelving, storage, etc. is bought previously used. When Lydia’s Uniforms is finished with its equipment, whether it’s a shelving unit or electronic equipment (computers, phones copiers, etc.) it is resold, traded in or recycled.

In addition to these regular actions, Lydia’s is also conscious about conserving energy and recycling other materials besides cardboard. And don’t forget, we encourage our customers to recycle their Lydia ’s catalogs and to shop our online catalog as an alternative to the paper version. Visit our blog to see what green efforts Lydia ’s employees are taking outside of work.

If you have any questions pertaining to this information or suggestions for how Lydia’s can continue to take steps toward it’s goals as an environmentally friendly business, please don’t hesitate to contact us. And if you would like to read more about Lydia’s Professional Uniforms, please visit our About Us section.