Aga's commitment to recycle has lasted more than 80 years
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Raw materials: 70% of each Aga has been made from previously used material |
In fact, since the very first Aga was made more than 80 years ago 70% of each Aga has been made from previously used material.
· Car gearboxes
· Guttering
· Old machinery
· Cookers
· Door fittings
· Drain covers
· Lamp-posts
And much more can all be found in the world's most famous cooker.
The old Agas will then be melted down and made into new ones, thus completing the cycle.
The Aga is renowned for its longevity; it keeps cooking for years.
That's why some people say an Aga lasts a lifetime. And Aga owners can become really quite competitive about the age of their cookers.
Typically, people buy three or four cookers during their lifetime, whereas you only need one Aga.
The longevity of the Aga is of real benefit to the environment and, in today's disposable culture, it's difficult to think of another product that will give so many years of faultless service.
Unlike other types of cooker, Agas are almost completely recyclable. You'll probably never find an Aga in a landfill site.
Aga is committed to environmental and ethical projects.
Every Aga is made in England - in an historic foundry that is a United Nations-designated World Heritage Site - by people committed to quality, craftsmanship and attention to detail.
Staff at the foundry have a real pride in the cookers they produce and it's not uncommon for three generations of a family to happily work side by side at the Coalbrookdale foundry.
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1970s: period of industrial strife in Britain
Relatively quiet for Aga in terms of new developments
2000s: saw development of Agalinks website
The new century also saw development of Glynwed name
1950s: an emerging nation from the war years
Rationing finished in 1954 and shopping centres began
1980s: introduction of electric night-storage Aga
Years of financial, economic and technological growth
1930s: Aga came to England in 1929 from Sweden
Sold by Bell's Asbestos and Engineering Works in Slough