Kahle's Kitchens Going Green WTAJ

"Reported by: Erin Calandra
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008 @05:56pm EST

CLARION COUNTY - LEEPER, PA - A Leeper based cabinet company is doing their part to be environmental friendly. Kahle's Kitchens is recycling almost all of their waste, but they say they're not going green. They've been green all along.

More environmentally friendly than ever before, Kahle's Kitchens recycles the wood waste from wood scraps leftover from building kitchen cabinetry. Your kitchen cabinets start out as a single piece of wood, and there is a lot of waste that occurs when cutting the cabinets.

Kahle's Kitchen has 5 tons of wood waste every single day. Instead of sending it to a landfill, they've found a way to recycle it. Kahle's General Manager, Dawn Groft, says from cardboard to scarp wood, and even cleaning rags - everything is reused. They have even taken their wood scraps and turned them into heat.

During the summer they turn the wood scraps into bio-bricks used to heat houses in the winter. They say the state of the art equipment is expensive, but it's paid for itself. The cost of disposal is greater than the cost to recycle the materials, saving Kahle's Kitchens money in disposal fees and saving the environment at the same time."

Originally Posted 4/3/08 on wearecentralpa.com as part of WTAJ's "Central PA Green" series

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