Environmental Sustainability
Lib Tech is known throughout the snowboard industry for their longtime commitment to environmental sustainability. Mike Olson took the first steps towards sustainability early in the history of Lib Technologies; he replaced toxic ABS plastic with recyclable polyethylene in 1986, and introduced sustainable polymer topsheets and bamboo cores in 1995.
Currently, Lib Tech even has its own environmental task force, dubbed the “environMENTAL division,” which oversees the company’s sustainability measures. Not only does Lib Tech incorporate environmentally friendly materials into their snowboards (such as water-based graphics, non petroleum-based bio-plastic topsheets, Volatile organic compound resin, renewable wood cores, and basalt fiber rather than fiberglass), but the company has also designed their factory with the environment (and the health of their employees) in mind. The factory’s heating system runs on canola-based bio-diesel, which Lib-Tech makes available to employees and local farmers through a bio-diesel co-op program. Wood sawdust is recycled as a soil additive, scrap wood is repackaged as kindling, and scrap plastics are reground and reused. Water-cleansed grinding systems reduce airborne particulate levels, and the factory’s air supply is constantly fresh due to a 2700% air-replacement ventilation system.
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