100 % recyclable
and environmentally-friendly products
Environmental conservation, sustainability and respect for the natural conditions of our planet are priorities for ATP. That is why all our products are made of 100 % recyclable materials. In fact, the components of our street lights and other outdoor furniture, including the exclusively formulated polymers S7 and T5, can be recovered and reused when the lifespan of the articles has ended. This initiative, pioneering worldwide, is a fundamental part of our commitment to the planet.
Apart from controlling the expenditure of natural resources, we strive to create an equipment which blends in perfectly with the place where it is supposed to be installed. This means that our products have been designed to respect the morphology of the location, highlight its own qualities and subtly embellish it without changing its essence.
Aware also of the importance of preserving the visibility of the firmament, and in line with the law on protection of the quality of the sky, we work simultaneously with astronomical observatories and astrophysical institutes –such as the Astrophysics Institute of the Canary Islands, which approves a great part of our products– to minimize the Upward Flux Fraction (UFF). Today, in many cases, we have managed to completely eliminate light pollution (UFF 0 %), what represents a breakthrough on the path to attaining a clean and clear sky.
We are the only manufacturer of public lighting and street furniture in the world who has been awarded the ISSOP seal (Sustainable Innovation Without Planned Obsolescence, in Spanish), bestowed by Feniss Foundation to those companies designing products for a long lasting performance, an easy repair and an economical recycling process at the end of their lifespan.
As its name indicates, this prize is only given to firms that produce goods which are free of planned obsolescence. It is imperative that these products can be updated with the latest technologies with no need of buying a new device, that they come with no hidden firmware or software that allows the manufacturer to act on them, and that they can be repaired at a lower cost than purchasing a replacement.
Likewise, it is essential for getting the seal that the warranty offered by the company is longer than the two years required by law, real and with no small print, and that the philosophy of the enterprise is based on sustainability, respect for the environment, solidarity, fair wealth distribution and recycling.
In ATP we have voluntarily certified ourselves under the ISO 14001:2015 "Environmental Management Systems" rule, which guarantees that each step in our production process is respectful with the environment and complies with the current regulations on the topic.
In order to obtain the ISO 14001, it is necessary to identify and control all the negative environmental impacts that the company may cause in the course of its activities, both directly (emissions of particles, CO, NOx and SO2 in welding and painting tasks, generation of waste, accidental spill of chemicals, etc.) and indirectly (ensure, for example, that the transport partners we work with have protocols to curb global warming).
In addition, the ISO 14001 requires us to comply with all local, regional, national and European environmental laws (general environmental regulations, rules on waste disposal, emissions to the atmosphere and water, electrical hazard, etc.), and also sets other specific conditions corresponding to the public lighting sector (energy efficiency, design without planned obsolescence, suppression of light pollution, among others).