BANKERS BOX

We use recycled/recyclable materials whenever possible:

• Water and/or vegetable based inks, coatings, and adhesives are specified for our packaging where possible.
• SFI Certified (C0003987) corrugated materials and water based inks are used to manufacture our Records Storage products in our US operation.
• Earth Series Products contain various and increasing levels of recycled content.
• Bankers Box brand, white top product, contains 60% recycled content while the EARTH SERIES™ line contains 100% recycled content.
• Fellowes collects roughly 55,000 pounds of scrap corrugate daily and sends it out to be recycled into new products.
• Plastic bands that were previously considered garbage and ended up in a landfill are now chopped into 2 inch strips with special cutting equipment. These strips are sold to a plastics recycling company. Many tons of plastic have been removed from the waste stream allowing it to be repurposed.
• Bankers Box R-Kive carton stacking pattern has been reconfigured resulting in a 25% increase in the amount of cartons that will fit into a standard 53’ trailer.
• Our annual savings from using recycled materials:
  • 108,088 tons of Wood (747,702 trees)
  • 298 billion BTUs (enough energy to power 3,277 homes/year)
  • 96,001,169 lbs. of CO2 (exhaust from 8,717 cars)
  • 43,579,757 lbs. of Solid Waste (1,556 garbage truck loads)
  • 297,730,436 Gallons of Waste Water (451 Olympic size swimming pools)
  • 137,356 lbs. of VOC - Volatile Organic Compounds

Source: Environmental impact estimates were made using the Environmental Defense Fund Paper Calculator. For more information, visit: www.papercalculator.org.

BUSINESS MACHINES

We believe, at times, less is more:

• We are shipping our Powershred model 79Ci with its removable shredder head inside the shredder basket, resulting in a 34% reduction in overall carton size and a 52% increase in the amount of shredders that will fit into a standard 40’ container.
• Redundant outer shipping cartons have been eliminated from many of Fellowes’ shredder products, significantly reducing the materials required to safely ship a shredder.

We believe in continuous improvement:

• Approximately 70 to 80% of the Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) foam inserts have been replaced with molded paper pulp.
• New, more environmentally conscious materials and processes have allowed us to replace our large, pre-formed EPS inserts with in-house molded, polyurethane inserts.
• The new materials come to us as concentrated liquids, in two pallet sized containers.
• Two full containers, when mixed, create a similar amount of new foam as it takes to fill a 45’ long trailer with the current EPS foam. This means less fuel and fewer trucks.
• If we ever have to dispose of any of our new foam, it can be returned to our supplier location for recycling or it can even be disposed of within the ordinary waste stream.
• Our new foam also can be compacted within a landfill to less than 10% of its original, fully formed size, if necessary.
• Lastly, our new foam conforms to the European Packaging Directive “Essential Requirements” 94/62/EC and is accepted by third-party collection organizations throughout Europe.

We design energy efficiency into our products:

• Energy saving electronics have been incorporated into many of our current shredder models. This advanced circuitry enables our shredder products to “power down” after a period of non-use, using approximately 70% of the original power required.
• Our patented Jam Proof Technology not only prevents the obvious jams, but it significantly reduces the power a shredder requires/uses to deal with a typical paper jam, many times less than any competitor product.

We consider the full "cradle to cradle" life cycle of our products:

• Our shredders are designed and manufactured to meet Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) standards.
• The Fellowes Technical After Sales and Service (TASS) group refurbishes and/or recycles thousands of shredders each year.
• Approximately 27% of returned shredders are refurbished into “like new” condition.
• The remaining shredders are disassembled into their component parts and materials, and are sold to local recyclers.

FELLOWES OPERATIONS

• Our corporate headquarters has upgraded all overhead office lighting from T-12 (lower efficiency) to T-8 (higher efficiency) systems in addition to warehouse lighting upgrades.
• Through optimization of our global distribution activities, we continually attempt to reduce fossil fuel consumption.

Envisioning the Computer Workspace

The Information Age spurred a new period of growth for Fellowes®. In the hands of John Fellowes, and later his sons, James and Peter, the company continued its tradition of innovation. By envisioning the computer as the center of individual workstations in the early 80's, Fellowes created an entire range of products for the office workstation that helped people manage increasing amounts of information. As technology moved into mobile devices like laptop computers, cell phones and PDAs, Fellowes developed innovative products to facilitate their use.

In 1982, Fellowes entered into a licensing agreement with a German company to distribute commercial shredders in the United States. Based on the outstanding success of this venture, Fellowes designed and manufactured its own product, introducing the first line of personal shredders in 1990. No one could have predicted the response to this new product, and almost overnight the company had a strong consumer product that complemented its established commercial business.

Innovating New Workplace Solutions

Today, the workplace has blended into everyday life. Shifting seamlessly from office, to home to hand-held technology, is the future. With this vision, Fellowes continues to develop new innovations and improvements to current products to create exciting new solutions for our ever-changing workspace.