As a private Canadian corporation, BRC is concerned about the environmental impact of product design and all manufacturing processes, as well as with the content and recyclability of packaging materials.  BRC adheres to the most stringent environmental standards published by the various government agencies across Canada and the United States. It will encourage any effort by employees to exceed theses standards and provide a leadership role in environmental awareness. It will endeavor to post a copy of said standards on the premises at all times but will make available a copy of said standards to any staff person requesting it.

BRC designs its products for maximum longevity by using commercial grade components such as metal brackets, threaded inserts, metal legs, steel frames and high density particleboard. These components, when assembled constitute a durable product that can withstand the challenges of the workplace for many years. In addition, all products are designed for easy installation of repair parts, precluding the necessity to replace the entire product. Metal to metal connections, heavy gauge steel components, polished and ground lead (lifting) screws and composite gears are examples of long life components in our products.

At BRC's manufacturing facility all scrap wood, steel and cardboard are almost totally recycled. These scrap products are collected at BRC and shipped to the appropriate recycling facility to be reprocessed and reused in various new products. All cardboard shipping cartons used by BRC have the highest possible recycled fiber content. At all major project installations, we remove all packaging materials and process them for recycling. Wherever possible, products are shipped bulk packed to reduce overall use of packaging materials or shipped blanket wrapped to completely eliminate the need for packaging. At BRC's facility a Blue Box program collects all recyclable materials.

BRC is concerned about the office environment and indoor air quality of its clients. In all manufacturing processes, BRC uses products or processes that reduce VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions.  Adhesives used are either water based or non-solvent dispersed to reduce product off gassing. For painting of metal components, BRC uses an electrostatic powder coating process that is virtually VOC free and which produces minimal waste. This process ensures that 98% of the coating material adheres to the product and the remainder is collected and recycled through the spray nozzles.  In addition to VOC type emissions, BRC is very concerned about formaldehyde emissions and uses wood and wood based products that have negligible formaldehyde emissions.  BRC also seals all finished products to further reduce such emissions.

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