Requested Report About Jax Becoming More Sustainable

Subject:Requested Report About Jax Becoming More Sustainable
As requested, I have determined that the plastic and steel used to manufacture the handles and canopies of the umbrellas are disposable. Jax’s umbrellas create environmental problems from their manufacturing stage to the point where they are disposed of by customers. The sources used in the report are from business journals, books, scholarly articles, and recent report retrieved from databases such as National Geographic. I recommend the following: adoption of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) as raw material, the establishment of a recycling department to recycle PET, and the use of handbooks to educate and encourage customers to return the umbrellas to the company without contaminating them. These recommendations were arrived at after establishing the impact of plastics and steel on the environment, the recycling capability of PET, and challenges faced when recycling PET plastic. After selling the umbrellas, the company does not connect with the customers to direct them on how to dispose of the plastic parts of the umbrellas.
Using PET to Substitute Stainless Steel
The first proposal for sustainability is to embrace PET. It would be better if Jax Umbrellas uses Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) as the main raw material in its manufacturing process. PET is created from two monomers: customized ethylene glycol and sanitized terephthalic acid (Sojobi et.al. 2017). Unlike stainless steel, the energy required to combine the two chemical compounds is within reasonable levels (Cracolice & Peters, 2013). The stainless steel used as the handle of each umbrella is composed of iron-based alloys (Cracolice & Peters, 2013). Other than being recyclable, PET is widely used due to its strength, thermo-stability, and shatter-resistant (Cracolice & Peters, 2013). The process of melting and combining different metals into stainless steel requires a lot of energy, which emits carbon dioxide in the atmosphere Sojobi et.al. 2017). These characteristics imply that PET can be used to manufacture the handles and the canopies.
Using Recycling to Conserve Environment
The second proposal is to embrace recycling. Recycling has been the most convenient way of environmental conservation, since the waste products can easily be redone into other materials for use as well (McBride, 2013). PET, due to its composition, contains various compounds that can be altered, either mechanically or chemically, to make other materials too Sojobi et.al. 2017). Recycled PET can be used to manufacture carpets, car body parts, and packaging containers Sojobi et.al. 2017). As a result, the company will establish a recycling plant that will recycle all PET materials. The establishment of such a plant might be a costly undertaking at first due to the setup capital. In the long run however, its socioeconomic benefits are priceless. Not only will it save the environment but also become a source of additional income for the business. This economic activity will generate more revenue for the company by selling the products to other segments of the market. Importantly, the establishment of a recycling plant will significantly reduce the 8 million tons of plastic waste dumped yearly (Parker, 2019). Fina...