Reel Green™ Vendor Spotlight: The VECTAR Project

Reel Green™ Vendor, The VECTAR Project, is aiming to bring sustainability, flexibility and affordability to the film industry through an innovative approach towards set creations. The zero waste designed business model is looking at a new way of the future by offering stunning and extensive set builds, with one catch: it’s all cardboard.  Based in the UK, with a Vancouver office on the horizon, Tom Henderson, Managing Director of The VECTAR Project, sits with Reel Green™ to talk about the vision and their journey.

The VECTAR Project constructs fully recyclable sets that are paper-based, rather than the conventional wood-based sets. These paper-based sets have been used in programs for ITC, BBC, Channel 4, STV and RTL, and even for commercials for SimpliSafe, Braun, Meta and Old Spice.  

1. What was the intention behind starting your business?
The VECTAR Project was created by me in Manchester 3 years ago aimed at providing net zero carbon film facilities. VECTAR Sets are sustainable sets made from engineered paper board.  

Now VECTAR Board ™ offers an amazing opportunity to deliver this globally. [We are] building partnerships across the globe, providing the raw materials, the training and the designs to allow everyone to realize the benefits: 

• [It’s] faster to build 
• Lower production costs 
• 90% smaller carbon footprint 
• 100% recyclable 

2. How are you partnering with the Film Industry to make it more sustainable?
We are building relationships with film companies and sustainability consultants who see the tangible benefits in using VECTAR sets rather than wood, metals and plastics.

3. What are the day-to-day operations like within your business? What do you enjoy most out of it?
[They are] very varied! [We enjoy seeing] the first reactions and looks of disbelief from our clients! 

4. What is a recent achievement / green win you’ve had? 
[We won] two international awards in the last 4 months.  

5. How do you partner / work with the Reel Green™ community?
I see a great future working with the Reel Green™ Community! Building on the experience of working with many leading sustainability organizations, such as albert and ADgreen in the UK, Greeneyes and Greenscreen in Europe, the universities who support us and the internal sustainability advisors and coordinators in the film and TV companies. We have the great privilege of working with them all.  

6. Where can people find more information on your company and services?
 It will be fully announced in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, you can visit our website for some more information on our sustainability plan and more on our fully paper-based sets.  

There are over 30 Reel Green™ Vendors that offer a wide range of sustainable services or eco-products to help green our world. Let us know any Reel Green™ Vendors you would like to see in the spotlight next! If you are a Reel Green™ Vendor, and would like to be featured, send us an email at reelgreen@creativebc.com to set up an interview.   

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