VALUES
In pursuit of our mission and vision, we believe the following value statements are essential and timeless.
ETHICAL PRODUCT DESIGN
We advocate for enhancing product design and improved recycling standards leading to the ethical procurement of cleaner scrap from the product cycle, and work to strengthen the recycling industry’s positive impact on its surrounding communities. With product design improvement and ethical design for recycling efforts, we aim to help eliminate outdated recycling practices via ethical, proactive measures within the supply and recycling chain.
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, & SAFETY (EHS)
In promoting recycling’s best practices we encourage organizations to design, handle, and process materials in ways that do not jeopardize the health or safety of employees and members of the communities in which they are active. We champion the importance of perpetuating recycling values which lead to a safe, clean, and pollution free environment.
GLOBAL COLLABORATION
We are committed to working with international allies, trade associations, and regional organizations to implement programs which have a positive, lasting impact on the communities they serve. We pledge to work alongside all levels of the design, and recycling process for facilitating products and methods which result in cleaner inbound and outbound recyclables.
SUSTAINABILITY
We remain committed to the responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation, dematerialization, and sustainable practices which encourage the ethical design and processing of products both generated and consumed by parties globally.
INTEGRITY
We promote strong moral and deontological principles such as intrinsic morality, honesty, and transparency relating to the encouragement and education of how to apply ‘Impeccable Integrity’ within the recycling industry.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
We support a circular economy that prioritizes responsible product design, ethical recycling, resource stewardship, and transparent supply chains to keep materials in productive use, reduce environmental harm, and create lasting value for people, communities, and future generations.
EDUCATION
We believe education empowers individuals, organizations, and communities to make informed, ethical, and sustainable decisions that strengthen recycling practices, advance circular economy outcomes, and protect workers, society, and the environment. As standards continue to evolve and innovation challenges organizations to become more efficient, it is critical that stakeholders at all levels of the material life cycle remain abreast of new developments within the industrial scrap recycling industry, and more broadly in matters of environmental stewardship.
FERIS endorses the values and missions of industry leaders in their endless pursuit of promoting a global circular economy using economically sustainable, environmentally responsible management practices. FERIS proudly provides tools to facilitate the education of a circular economy’s best recycling practices.
