Processes

Closed Loop Manufacturing

BISSELL has implemented an innovative closed loop manufacturing process that allows new vacuums and deep cleaning machines to be manufactured using post consumer recycled content. Below is a graphic of this process.

Chemical Blow Molding

BISSELL has been practicing recycling in its blowmolded bottle operations for over 40 years. We make our bottles from three plastic types: new resin, reused resin from the waste trimmed off the bottles and post consumer recycled resin, which makes up 30 percent of the materials.

In 2007, using 30 percent post consumer recycled content in our formula bottles enabled us to save 1 million pounds of high-density polyethylene. This is up dramatically from 176,000 pounds in 2005 and equates to a 470 percent increase in recycled content used. That's a lot of old milk jugs!