Excel is working hard to uphold and reinforce the environmentally friendly aspects of modular construction. One of our most recent efforts is our focus on internal sustainability and our effort to become a landfill-free home manufacturer.

It’s a lofty goal – contributing absolutely nothing to landfills in the process of making our homes – but we’re confident we can do it. This year we hope to reduce the amount of waste generated at our manufacturing facilities by 700 tons, and our newest facility in Marlboro, NY, is already landfill free.

Of course, being landfill free doesn’t mean producing zero waste. There will be waste and scraps associated with the construction process (although still far less than stick-built homes), but our goal is to recycle or repurpose that waste so that nothing goes to, well, waste.

We’re doing that by training plant employees to throw away less and be more concise in material usage. We’re also working with our vendors to supply us with the highest quality products with the least amount of waste in packaging by utilizing tools like returnable shipping solutions. Overall, it’s an exciting new part of our process and it’s one more reason why Excel home owners should feel good about their new purchase.