How environmentally friendly is Slate-Lite?
Thanks to their lightness and thinness, our wafer-thin stone veneers are not only easy to work with and offer unique possibilities indoors and outdoors, with Slate-Lite you are also opting for an environmentally friendly stone decoration!
The emission rates on the transport routes are many times lower with Slate-Lite than with conventional stone slabs, which leads to a significantly more positive eco-balance.
The majority of our goods are shipped to our central warehouse by sea. With pollutant emissions of approx. 15.1 grams of CO2 per kilometre (source: NABU), this results in the following example calculation of one of our containers:
(comparative calculation: sea route India/Germany. granite slab vs. Slate-lite)
One sheet of Slate-Lite therefore produces approx. 95% less CO2 than a conventional thick stone slab during transport!
Furthermore, the manufacturing process we have developed also conserves natural resources in the quarries: From the stone material of a single conventional stone slab of 2 cm, we obtain 200 - 400 slabs of Slate-Lite, depending on the decor!
Of course, we are also relying more and more on recyclable solutions for our packaging, so that we have already been able to reduce the amount of plastic waste many times over in recent years. And of course we will continue to work on this path in the future!
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The emission rates on the transport routes are many times lower with Slate-Lite than with conventional stone slabs, which leads to a significantly more positive eco-balance.
The majority of our goods are shipped to our central warehouse by sea. With pollutant emissions of approx. 15.1 grams of CO2 per kilometre (source: NABU), this results in the following example calculation of one of our containers:
(comparative calculation: sea route India/Germany. granite slab vs. Slate-lite)
| Transport route | Amount of material (m²) | Load (kg) | |
| Slate-Lite | sea container 40' | 10.637 m² | 26.500 kg |
| Granite slab (2 cm) | sea container 40' | 441 m² | 26.500 kg |
| CO2-emissions (g) | CO2-emissions / m² | ||
| Slate-Lite | 7.500 km | 3.001.125,00 | 282,12 g |
| Granite slab (2 cm) | 7.500 km | 3.001.125,00 | 6.806,27 g |
One sheet of Slate-Lite therefore produces approx. 95% less CO2 than a conventional thick stone slab during transport!
Furthermore, the manufacturing process we have developed also conserves natural resources in the quarries: From the stone material of a single conventional stone slab of 2 cm, we obtain 200 - 400 slabs of Slate-Lite, depending on the decor!
Of course, we are also relying more and more on recyclable solutions for our packaging, so that we have already been able to reduce the amount of plastic waste many times over in recent years. And of course we will continue to work on this path in the future!