The process of recycling materials still requires time, energy and cost, therefore an item should ideally only be sent for recycling if there is no other way that it can be re-used or repaired.
Many consider recycling to be the least useful of the three ways of reducing the impact on our world, but it is still preferable to sending waste to landfill.
Wherever possible we use eco-friendly recyclable materials for shipping which is sourced from UK manufacturers and suppliers.
Please read below to find out more details about the sustainability of our plavalmat® products.
Our place value counters (and soon Base Ten) are made from recycled plastic from the manufacturing process.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Oakfield Learning Ltd is compliant with German EPR law. We are registered with the central agency packaging register and we pay an annual licence fee to contribute towards the costs of processing and recycling our packaging waste.
To be compliant with EPR law in France, Oakfield Learning Ltd sells its products to customers on Amazon.fr and pays eco contributions through Amazon’s pay on behalf service for sales on the French marketplace.
If you would like to arrange a take-back request, please contact us on sales@oakfieldlearning.co.uk
RECYCLING CODES FOR OUR PRODUCTS:
Cardboard Mailer Boxes
Corrugated fibreboard (20 PAP)
Plastic storage boxes
Polypropylene (PP 05)
Place Value Counters/Disks
Polystyrene (PS 06)
Base ten
Polystyrene (PS 06)
DOTS+TODS™
White DOTS - Polystyrene (PS 06)
Black TODS - ABS
plavalmat® Place value mats
Cardboard product and shipping tube, Non-corrugated fibreboard (paperboard)
21 PAP
plavalmat® Place value mats will need to be separated for its compontents to be recycled
Natural Rubber base (recyclable)
Printed polyester surface and polypropylene film
(currently not recyclable)