Environmental

China Wave Spring is a proactive company with respect to all environmental issues. We are committed to operating our business in an ecologically friendly manner with an emphasis on ensuring long-term value for our stakeholders. We have established and are continuously improving upon a program that is geared to meet the following objectives:

• Comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations.
• Provide a safe and healthy working environment for our employees.
• Minimize the generation of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes or emissions at our facility to prevent or eliminate pollution.
• Manage hazardous and non-hazardous supplies and dispose of their wastes safely and responsibly.
• Reduce resource consumption in the design of our products, manufacturing processes and in the operation of our facility where possible and economically feasible.

What we are doing today:

• ISO 14001 Registered
• RoHS and REACH Compliance

Smalley’s product line consists of more than 10,000 standard part numbers stocked in carbon and stainless steel as well as custom designs manufactured to customer specifications.

China Wave Spring recognizes the importance of the RoHS and REACH directives and supports the objective of improving public health and environmental protection. China Wave Spring is also committed to helping our customers select RoHS and REACH compliant parts and offer this general statement regarding our products compliance towards these directives.

Smalley’s standard catalog parts are manufactured using raw materials and rust preventatives that are in compliance with EU Directives 2011/65/EU “RoHS 2”, 2015/863 “RoHS 3 & 4”, and 2002/96/EC “WEEE” as well as China's Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products and do not contain any substances on the current list of Candidates above 0.1%, in the “REACH” EC No. 1907/2006, Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/706 and 2017/1510 of 30 August 2017 Directive, when supplied without any additional plating/coatings.

If a RoHS and/or REACH compliance certification is required for a specific part number(s), please feel free to submit your request to quality@wavesprings.vip. We would be pleased to provide custom RoHS and/or REACH certifications for a nominal charge.

• Recycling: China Wave Spring makes every effort to recycle both the materials used in the manufacture of our products and the products we and our employees use to conduct business. Smalley's manufacturing process has been developed to minimize scrap and reduce byproducts that may be harmful to the environment.
• Employee Commitments: Employee recycling programs have been set up to reduce our individual impact on the environment. From collecting cans to used batteries and paper, we make every effort at reducing our footprint. Employees are encouraged to share rides when available.
• Catalog Printing: China Wave Spring selects vendors that are certified by the FSC-US (Forest Stewardship Council).
• Environmental Goals: China Wave Spring Steel Ring Company has established environmental goals to continue the improvement of our environmental sustainability.
  1. Reduce the use of office paper by 5% by the year 2025.
• Environmental Policy