Our Commitment To The Environment

At Exchange-A-Blade we are committed to minimizing our impact on the environment. Since its inception over 30 years ago the very core of our business is to reduce, re-use and recycle. Over the past 5 years alone, our program has kept over 1 million used saw blades out of our landfills.

1. We have refined the concept of “Buy It, Use It, Exchange It” where the end user of our products is given an incentive for returning used items. When these items are no longer useable they are sent to be recycled into other products. For instance, old power tool accessories and metal displays are shredded and remanufactured into construction steel. We monitor this process to ensure our products are not going into landfills.
2. We have a program where we accept other manufacturers’ metal power tools accessories for recycling through collection boxes in participating retailers.
3. We ensure that the most environmentally friendly elements possible are used in the manufacture of our products. We do not chromium plate our blades for instance, since this is a potentially harmful substance both in the manufacturing and recycling process.
4. Our policy of minimal product packaging reduces the amount of waste material generated by Exchange-A-Blade products. Where possible we try to ensure that any packaging we use has post consumer content.
5. All our employees are encouraged to recycle and re-use all paper products, packaging materials manufacturing waste etc. We are continually searching for more environmentally friendly ways to conduct our business and minimize our impact on the environment.
6. We are members of the Recycling Council of British Columbia.

This year we introduced the Exchange-A-Blade Eco-Centre, to help our retail dealers and their customers identify our environmentally sustainable products by combining them in one location in their stores. This program also gives a permanent home to our Recycle Depot, where customers can drop off any metal power tool accessories and be assured that they will be collected, scrapped and recycled into usable steel products, not end up in a landfill.

Throughout the coming year we will continue to introduce more new products to our Exchange program and provide our customers with a financial incentive to return used power tool accessories to Exchange-A-Blade dealers.