Substrata Creative Studios

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________________________________________ Substrata is founded in Gresham, Oregon- a city just outside of Portland. Our first year, we specialize in building trade show displays for local window companies.

At SUBSTRATA, we want to be in business for a long time, so we work hard to make sure our practices and our impact on the world are sustainable. We have a multifaceted approach to this. How we deal with resources, energy, recycling and our human community balance the demands of doing business with a driving motivation to make the world a better place. In the shop, we seek to minimize waste and reuse scrap. When wood scrap is too small to be usable, rather than throw it away, we use it to heat our shop. This reduces our consumption of electricity. We donate as much sawdust and shavings as we can to nurseries and stables for reuse, further reducing what would otherwise be landfill-bound waste. We incorporate recycled materials into the packaging of many items we ship. For domestic shipments of individual tech accessories, we use large wood shavings reclaimed from our shop as filler material in boxes. For cutting board and countertop packaging, we recycle cardboard boxes (and sometimes styrofoam) from local furniture and appliance stores. When we use exotic hardwoods, we buy from suppliers who have the long term interests of their supply source in mind.

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