recycle – The Tool Corner

Here are some of the ways KMS Tools reduces waste:
Reduce, Re-use & Recycle

With our Tools for the World program, we go the extra several miles to keep old tools out of the landfills by giving them a new life overseas in developing countries, or when disaster strikes locally or abroad. (Read more about the Tools for the World program here)
Our service shop repairs tools every day that would otherwise be tossed.
As part of our 5 Star Advantage Plan*, we offer a convenient trade-in value for used tools or machines. The plan also provides an extra year warranty on a huge selection of tools and machines. Both of these plans prolong the life of the tools, reducing waste.
Our distribution warehouses reuse shipping boxes and all the pallets that we can, repairing them as required to prolong their lifespans. Several months ago Recycle BC canceled their pallet recycling program in the Lower Mainland.
We reuse and repurpose all kinds of display units, shelving, furnishings, and more, sometimes at the cost of a less-polished display.
We encourage our customers to subscribe to our e-flyer, and we limit our monthly flyer mail-outs to those who have subscribed, plus a few times a year we distribute them in local newspapers in select areas where our blue collar target market lives and works.
With our Custom And Restoration (C.A.R.) Parts division, we are also dedicated to keeping old cars that still have life from being scrapped, supplying the tools and parts to restore them, sometimes with more efficient modern engines.
Most KMS Tools locations have been upgraded to use the latest state of the art efficient lighting, heating systems, and the highest standard of AC, to minimize the impact on the planet.
Our offices have gone almost completely paper-free.
KMS Tools adheres to all city and provincial recycling programs, and goes beyond the norm.

KMS Tools is an industrial supplier of tools and equipment selling primarily to tradespeople and industry.
*Conditions Apply.

Original Article:

‘I’ll be going to jail before I comply;’ Coquitlam-based KMS Tools & Equipment fined $19,000 for refusal to comply with recycling regulation

Overview

We all agree recycling is important. This Recycle BC program might seem like a step in the right direction for the environment on the surface, but when you take a closer look, you realize that this regulation doesn’t actually do anything new for the environment. It is not effectively communicated, and is impossible to comply with for businesses like KMS Tools. We need regulations that are clear, fair, and effective.

KMS Tools has always been active in our communities and we want to make sure any top-down program actually makes sense for everyone. We recycle packaging and paper products at our branches and warehouses, pay for its removal, and we go above and beyond to prolong the lives of tools and other items.

The fundamental issue here is not about recycling. It is about a poorly written, implemented, and communicated top-down program making life hard for unique businesses like KMS Tools.

No one from Tri-Cities Dispatch contacted Stan prior to publishing the article to give him an opportunity to present his side. Most of the information in the article was not accurately stated. Stan did reach out to the journalist after the article was published and provided his information. The journalist did add in a small amount of the provided information in a “response” section below the published article, however they refuse to follow their own journalistic standards (https://tricitiesdispatch.com/code-of-ethics-journalistic-standards/) and write an article to correct the misinformation. There is an opportunity here for a serious journalist to expose the truth about the program.

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