Plastic Engineering Solutions Ltd.

Where are we on our net-zero journey?

Where are we on our net-zero journey?

 

Design for end-of-life – encouraging customers/designers to think about how a product can be easily disassembled and sorted for recycling at the end of its life. It’s not waste, it’s resource.

 

Energy efficiency: Investment in newer, energy-efficient machinery and processes. Simple machine adjustments save significant amounts of energy! All machines connected to power monitoring software. All our energy comes from renewable sources.

 

Solar panels:  200kw array installed across our buildings.

 

Infrared heating: Replacing inefficient gas with focused heating.

 

Materials: We are working with many suppliers to develop recycled materials, including recovered lab waste, recovered fishing gear, post-industrial waste and mouldable seaweed that is 100% compostable in the same way fruit & veg are. We have in-house polymer recycling capabilities too.

 

We are focused on scope 1 and scope 2 regarding our CO2e reporting and net zero commitment. Scope 3 to be introduced in the future.

We have achieved our target of a 50% reduction from baseline for one of our major customers. In fact, we reduced by 97.5% at the end of FY2025/26 across the whole company from a baseline 2022/23. Reduction calculated on ‘location based’ renewable electricity.

 

Our net zero journey in numbers

Our net zero journey in numbers