Going green is not as hard as some people think it might be, it also does not need to be expensive either. Green cookware is not much more expensive than other cookware you would buy. In order to buy green cookware you need to know how the cookware is made, what it is made of, and what the company does to reduce its carbon footprint.
The bottom line is reducing the amount of carbon we emit in our business and in our private lives. By forming all pans, hard coat anodizing and the application of coatings all in one location the company saves energy by not having to transport products to different locations for each process. They literally have raw products come into the plant and ship final products out to customers.
Green Manufacturing Initiatives:
- Complete manufacturing of products done in one location saves transportation costs and energy. - Recycle or re-use everything from excess raw materials to incoming packing materials. - Reduced anodizing water consumption and wastewater generation from 2,000 gallons per day to about 300 gallons through in-house wastewater treatment line. - Send alum derived from anodizing to the city of Spokane’s wastewater treatment plant, which city officials say helps the settling process in the treatment plant’s clarifiers. - More than 60 percent of electricity is derived from renewable hydro and wind power with the balance coming from natural gas. - Water based coatings on pans use no PTFE or any other petrochemicals, have no toxic waste and are completly inert.
Tough Field-Tested Pans ManPans are formed using a proprietary process and exceptional grade metals, resistant to warping, denting and scratching even under the toughest conditions.
Type III Anodizing This in-house process fuses a ceramic-like hard shell directly into the bake ware, producing a surface that meets NASA specifications for heat shield components on the space shuttle.
Eco-Friendly Release Coating Years in development, the proprietary water-based, release coating outperforms and outlasts any other cookware finish with little or no special seasoning or handling, at temperatures up to 700 degrees Fahrenheit. Highly durable and long lasting, the metal utensil safe surface will last for many years even with heavy use.
All products are 100% PTFE free and free from any fluoropolymer coatings.
