ISRI grants Design for Recycling Award

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) honored the furniture manufacturer Herman Miller with its 2009 Design for Recycling® Award, at ceremonies held during ISRI’s 2009 Convention and Exposition.

ISRI established the Design for Recycling award, to honor a program, company or individual whose product or program design has incorporated one or more of the following:

• A reduction in the number of different recyclable materials.
• A reduction or elimination of hazardous constituents.
• An increased yield of recyclables.
• An improvement in the safety of recycling.
• A design that allows for easy disassembly for recycling.