We also see now that our company can grow and prosper on products made from waste! And we think that's a bright future!
Father Hein and son Luc van Hemert of OASEGROEN in Ammerzoden have built up a wonderful, internationally operating company that focuses on everything to do with green. By always being on the lookout for the latest technologies and having a passion for flowers and plants, they are always at the forefront of innovation.
They were the first in the Netherlands to bring the moss wall to offices under the Mr Moss brand. In addition, they run a state of the art Strelitzia nursery, developed living green walls, sustainable pot plant combinations and high-profile green furnishing concepts. With NL Greenlabel they made the first steps when it comes to origin, transport, CO2 emissions and possibilities for reuse.
OASEGROEN is continuously looking for improvements to make its moss walls even better and attaches great value to sustainability. Together with partner TRIBOO the next step could be taken to make the Mr. Mos panels even more sustainable when it comes to health, circularity and reducing CO2.
Several improvements have been applied. The use of healthy and responsible materials is the most important. Our people and our customers come into contact with our products every day. With the CARB 2 certified #GREENGRIDZ panel, we now meet the highest requirements when it comes to volatile organic compounds like FORMALDEHYDE and are 100% sure that it is safe. In addition, the construction is 60% lighter and stiffer than traditional panels. This is fantastic for our people who install the panels because it relieves your back and makes working less demanding and more fun. We have also been able to shorten the delivery times of the panels considerably so that we ourselves do not have to keep stock and the panels are pre-drilled in the factory so that our assembly time has improved by 15%.
For years we bought durable solid panels. After investigation, these turned out to come from China. If you think about it, this is of course crazy. #GREENGRIDZ is made in the Netherlands with Dutch waste. Because the transport distances are short and the panels are super light we reduce 60% CO2 and the products can also be taken back at the end of their useful life. TRIBOO reuses the core and we use the moss. A win-win situation for our customers and for ourselves.
The best reward as an entrepreneur is that our customers see our products and understand what we are doing. With #GREENGRIDZ we have a concrete circular solution where we can show and demonstrate how it works. The first 275 panels were sold in no time. Not only have we thereby turned 'worthless' waste into 'valuable' circular products and closed the raw material loop. We now also see that our company can grow and prosper on products made from waste! And we think that's a bright future!