Packaging plays a vital role in ensuring that products get to the consumer as intended, by minimizing unnecessary waste and damage. As our planet goes through a period of unprecedented change, Rieke is committed to playing its part to contribute to a sustainable future.

Sustainable Materials

As a manufacturer, raw materials are at the core of what Rieke does. By utilizing the 3-R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), the company continues its journey toward a circular economy, where materials flow around a closed-loop system. In fact, Rieke is substituting non-renewable and unfavorable raw materials with renewable alternatives in its products, as cost and scale permit.

The supplier is also dramatically increasing the number of products it offers that contain post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials. Rieke strives to avoid the unintended consequences of substituting one material for another, which may, for example, reduce plastic consumption, but dramatically increase carbon footprint.

Sustainable Products

To make significant steps toward a sustainable future, the company believes that great product design is key. By effectively optimizing a product’s design, the team can significantly reduce demand on raw materials and resources.

At the end of life, good design allows the product to be easily reused, recycled or composted. Moving away from a linear model of consumption and toward a circular economy is not only good for the environment, but it also makes great business sense.

• 100% Recyclable
• -32% Lower carbon footprint
• 100% AllPlastic™ design

Sustainable Initiatives

People are at the core of everything Rieke does. Without them, its factories would not run and its offices would cease to exist. Committed to delivering a brighter, more sustainable future, the company has pioneered a number of initiatives including reducing energy and water demands in its factories, designing products with an ever-increasing amount of recycled content, recycling office waste, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions from factories and logistics.

Sustainable Sites

To deliver on sustainability commitments, Rieke knows that it must reduce the environmental impact of its operations. The manufacturer aims to reduce its raw material and energy consumption, while maximizing energy and material recovery. It has and will continue to reduce energy consumption per unit of production and use renewable energy wherever possible.

Rieke continuously improves the transportation of raw materials and finished products, using the most environmentally and economically efficient methods that are as safe as possible.

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