AMERICAN BUS

EXCEL - AMERICAN BUSINESSES WIN WITH WA

CAN BUSINESSES WIN WITH WASTEWI$E

NCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADE

EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
AB&I

AlliedSignal, Inc.

Allied Waste Industries

Allstate Environmental

Appleton Papers Inc.

Applied Specialties, Inc.

ASARCO, Inc.– Copper Operations

Atlanta Medical Associates

Barn Again Furniture Company

Binney & Smith

Buckley’s Quality Print Center

Cape Canaveral Marine Services Inc.

Charlottesville Wellness Center

Family Practice

City Scrap and Salvage Company

Commonwealth Savings Bank

Communications Test Design, Inc.

Cooperative Power Association

Cosmair Inc.

The Curtis Center

Cytec Industries – Fortier Complex

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical

Center

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

The Dial Corp.

Dolco Packaging Corp.

Dow Chemical Company

DuPage Clean and Beautiful

Eastern Research Group

ECOCRATE

Fox and Goose Public House

Franks Steaks

Gambino Inn

Hallmark Cards

Harmon Electronics, Inc.

Harry S. Truman Coordinating

Council

Harwick Chemical Corp.

High Life Sales Company

Hoechst Celanese Corp.

H.P. Direct

Hyde Manufacturing Company Inc.

Jackson-Cross Company Realtors

Janus Funds

J.M. Huxmann Gardening

Knight’s Limited

Koetter and Smith, Inc.

Kosmos Recycling, Inc.

Kraft Foods/Power Logistics

Lawn & Leaf Service/The Organic

Garden

L.R. Nelson Corp.

Majestic Metals, Inc.

Malden Mills Industries, Inc.

Marine Midland Banks, Inc.

Maverick Tube Corp.

Mid-America Regional Council

(MARC)

National Waste Services

Nauticus – The National Maritime

Center

Optical Coating Laboratories

Paradyne Corp.

Pennsylvania Power & Light

Company

PEPCO

Perka Building Frames (USA) Inc.

Phillips Petroleum Company

Physicians Health Plan

Preston, Gates, and Ellis

Randolph County Progress

Committee, Inc.

Recycle Technologies

Refuse Management Systems Inc.

Reynolds Metals Company

Rivertown Trading Company

Scheldes Restaurant

Schreiner’s Restaurant, Inc.

The Scotts Company

Siegel Display Products

Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems

Stull Closure Technologies

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Toshiba America Information

Systems

Total Petroleum - Denver Refinery

Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Triplex Direct Marketing Corp.

Truck-Lite Company, Inc.– Falconer

Facility

Truck-Lite Company, Inc.– Wellsboro

Facility

Union State Bank

University of Notre Dame

Vermont Small Business

Development

WasteWi$e Welcomes New Partners Joining in 1995
Contents

AMERICAN BUSIAMERICAN BUSINESSES WIN WITH

EXCELLENCE IN

EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADContents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Waste Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Recyclables Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Purchase or Manufacture of

Recycled Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

WasteWi$e 1995 Program Services . . . . . . . .20

Looking Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

AMERICAN BUSINESSES WIN WITH WASTEWI$E

AMERICAN BUSINESSES WIN WITH WASTEWI$E

EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP

EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
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I

n 1995, WasteWi$e partners demonstrated, for the second year, that voluntary efforts to conserve resources and protect the environment can

result in substantial and profitable environmental achievements. By any

measure, the second year of the WasteWi$e program was a notable success. Close to 100 new partners joined the program and 40 endorser 

organizations promoted the benefits of WasteWi$e and solid waste reduction to their business members. Now, more than 500 organizations participate in

the WasteWi$e program. Most importantly, WasteWi$e partners nearly quadrupled

reported waste reduction over 1994 amounts, eliminating 344,000 tons of material

through waste prevention, and recycling an additional 4.2 million tons of material.

This represents a substantial diversion of material from landfills. More significantly, solid waste reduction reduces energy consumption and the emission of greenhouse gases that can contribute to global climate change. These larger scale

environmental benefits are achieved by eliminating the need for some mining, manufacturing, and transportation activities associated with the manufacture of virgin

products or goods no longer needed by a business. 

American businesses clearly find it worth the effort to reduce solid waste. In 1995

WasteWi$e partners saved at least $59 million in purchasing costs just through

efforts to reduce transport packaging. Reduction of transport packaging is a key costcutting opportunity for many companies. Other important cost-cutting strategies

reported by WasteWi$e partners are reducing the use of office and business papers and

reducing excess material in manufacturing processes. This report highlights the 1995

achievements of WasteWi$e partners, with a section devoted to each of the three elements of the WasteWi$e program—waste prevention, collection of recyclables, and

Introduction
3

“We participate in

many voluntary 

programs and feel

that WasteWi$e is

one of the most 

beneficial from both

an economic and

environmental 

standpoint.”

Richard Larsen

Senior Scientist,

Environmental Programs

Northeast Utilities Service

Company

buying or manufacturing recycled products. The report includes many examples to

illustrate the wide range of strategies available to reduce waste and cut costs. 

These impressive results add to a growing list of environmental improvements

achieved by organizations working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) through an array of partnership programs. These programs address specific environmental problems through collaboration and innovative voluntary efforts rather

than through additional regulations, and include the Common Sense Initiative,

Project XL, and a family of sign-up programs known as the Partners for the

Environment Programs. Partners for the Environment programs include WasteWi$e,

Climate Wise, Water Alliances for Voluntary Efficiency (WAVE), and the Green Lights

and Energy Star programs, among others. 

None of these collaborative ventures would be successful if not for the initiative,

commitment, and follow-through of the organizations that join with EPA as partners.

While EPA can provide the framework for voluntary programs and some implementation assistance, the real work and results of the programs are achieved by changing

day-to-day operations in thousands of facilities nationwide. An additional commitment EPA’s partners take on is to measure and report their progress in implementing

environmental initiatives, no small task in a time of highly streamlined business

operations. EPA congratulates each WasteWi$e partner that reported results for 1995:

you are contributing to the success of voluntary approaches to environmental

improvement. We invite organizations that have not fully realized the benefits of

solid waste reduction to learn from the successes of environmental leaders by joining the WasteWi$e program. Doing so will benefit your company’s bottom line and

the environment.
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N

ineteen ninety-five marked the second year of the WasteWi$e program

and an outstanding new record in our partners’ reported waste 

reduction efforts. Partners conserved nearly 344,000 tons of materials

through waste prevention activities—a 40 percent increase over 1994

waste prevention figures. Not only have WasteWi$e partners achieved

impressive volume reductions, they have also reaped significant cost savings. These

cost savings vary based on several factors, such as company size and the activity

implemented. In avoided disposal fees alone, the reported waste reduction represents

a potential savings of more than $143 million.1

Reduced purchasing costs also add up to big savings. For example, Eastman

Kodak Company saved $1 million in purchasing costs by promoting an internal

company materials exchange to recover valuable plumbing equipment such as

valves and pipes. WasteWi$e estimates that partners achieved a potential savings of

approximately $59 million2 in avoided purchasing costs by reducing transport packaging in 1995, and saved an additional $12.9 million3 through office paper conservation efforts.

Waste prevention, also known as source reduction, means using less material to

get a job done. Waste prevention methods help create less waste in the first place—

before recycling. If companies take a good look at their recycling collection data,

they are likely to see ways to prevent waste first through waste prevention, thereby

reducing purchasing costs and the amount of material that must be managed for

recycling. 

Waste Prevention

Herman Miller Cuts Waste Before Recycling

Herman Miller, a major manufacturer of office furniture, examined its

recycling figures and decided it could reduce those materials through 

prevention efforts. By implementing electronic mail, voice mail, and duplex

copying, the company decreased its high-grade office paper recycling rate by

seven percent from 1994 to 1995. Herman Miller has set a goal of decreasing

recycling through waste prevention activities by 10 percent each year over

the next three years.
WasteWi$e Partners Reap Big Savings

These examples demonstrate the impressive cost-savings potential associated with waste prevention

activities. On a per ton basis, waste prevention offers greater benefits than recycling or disposing of the

same material, both for a company’s bottom line and the environment.

To obtain the 1995 data, EPA requested all partners that joined WasteWi$e prior

to August 1, 1995, to report on their progress for the year. A total of 208 partners

submitted annual reports. Since not all reporting partners were able to measure

their results for all activities, the number of companies reporting actual measurements for each activity described below is slightly smaller than the total reporting

in most cases. Of the companies that reported 1995 results, 183 submitted information on waste prevention activities.

Key Waste Prevention Strategies

This section reviews the five key strategies used by WasteWi$e partners in 1995

to eliminate significant amounts of waste. More than one-third of the total materials eliminated were from reductions in primary, secondary, or transport packaging.

Efforts included lightweighting, switching from one packaging option to another,

repairing or reusing packaging, and redesigning or eliminating packaging. Other

important waste prevention activities were reducing or reusing materials associated

with manufacturing, reducing or reusing paper and other office supplies, and donating or exchanging materials and equipment. The key waste prevention strategies

used to achieve these reductions are illustrated in Figure 1 and the examples below.

Figure 2 depicts the materials reduced through these waste prevention efforts.

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■ Pepsi-Cola Company saved $44 million by

switching from corrugated to reusable plastic

shipping containers for one-liter and 20-ounce

bottles, conserving 196 million pounds of corrugated material.

■ Baxter International, a manufacturer of healthcare supplies and equipment, saved $5.1 million in 1995 through packaging reductions,

conserving 3.9 million pounds of material.

Over a five-year period, Baxter reduced packaging by 21 percent (using 1990 as a baseline).

■ Eastman Kodak Company earned $2.9 million

in revenue from the sale of materials and assets

for reuse that would otherwise be discarded.

■ Allergan, a pharmaceuticals manufacturer,

saved $2.5 million through packaging reduction

actions, such as eliminating inner packaging

from shipping containers, reducing packaging

rejects through improvements in the production process, and reducing the weight (lightweighting) of plastic product bottles.

■ The Walt Disney Company established a computerized tracking system for studio sets that

facilitates revamping and reusing them. This

effort conserved 528,000 pounds of wood and

approximately $528,000. Previously, old sets

were used to tape one show, then recycled or

discarded.
Reduce or reuse transport and secondary packaging

Transport packaging reductions are a major cost-savings opportunity for any

company that ships or receives large volumes of goods. Reductions in secondary

packaging, which is typically delivered with the product to the consumer and often

serves as protective layers or product dividers, can also result in cost savings. In 1995,

77 WasteWi$e partners reduced or reused transport and secondary packaging, such as

corrugated containers and wood pallets. Together, these companies conserved nearly

162,000 tons (324,000,000 pounds) of materials used for transporting goods.

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■ General Mills implemented waste

prevention projects that conserved 42

million pounds of packaging materials. Selected projects included shortening flaps on corrugated shipping

containers, redesigning shipping containers for cereal boxes, revising

material specifications on mass merchandising units, and initiating a

reusable tote system. Over a five-year

period, General Mills reduced packaging by 21 percent.

■ HASBRO reduced the thickness of

corrugated shipping containers by 15

percent, which conserved more than

763,000 pounds of corrugated and

saved $400,000.

■ Land O’Lakes eliminated corrugated

pads and reduced the height of shipping containers for two product lines,

resulting in the reduction of more

than 356,000 pounds of corrugated

material.

■ The Clorox Company eliminated

more than three million pounds of

material by redesigning the corrugated cases used to transport products.

■ American Standard’s Trane Company

facility in Trenton, New Jersey, an

equipment manufacturer, conserved

400,000 pounds of corrugated by

switching to returnable plastic containers for shipping electrical motors.

The facility also reduced 120,000

pounds of wood by using more

durable, reusable wood pallets for

shipping air conditioning coils.

■ Abbott Laboratories, a manufacturer

of health-care products, redesigned

secondary packaging to reduce wall

thickness and change the configuration to increase efficiency, such as

increasing the number of units per

case, thereby decreasing corrugated

board and paperboard by 300,000

pounds.

■ Herman Miller, an office furniture

manufacturer, reduced 44,900 pounds

of plastic secondary packaging materials by eliminating or reducing filler

materials and strapping. Reduce or 

Reuse

Transport and

Secondary

Packaging

Reduce or 

Reuse

Materials 

Associated 

with

Products or

Manufacturing

Reduce or 

Reuse

Primary

Packaging

Reduce or Reuse

Office Supplies

Donate or

Exchange

Materials

(77 companies)

162,000

(41 companies)

81,000

(24 companies)

57,000

(119 companies)

11,000 (38 companies)

2,000

Key Waste Prevention Strategies in 1995

Figure 1 All figures in tons
Reduce or reuse materials associated with products 

or manufacturing

Among the ranks of successful WasteWi$e partners are many manufacturers and

service companies, 41 of which reported reducing or reusing the materials and supplies associated with producing their products. These efforts, which conserved

81,000 tons (162,000,000 pounds) of material, included improving production

processes and equipment, using less material to produce a product, and finding new

ways to reuse supplies, equipment, and raw materials.

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Working With Suppliers Can Benefit Everyone’s Bottom Line

Schlegel Corp., a medium-sized manufacturer of urethane, textile, and plastic products in Rochester,

New York, successfully worked with a raw materials supplier to switch from corrugated and wooden shipping containers to more durable plastic containers. The many benefits of this switch include:

“Similar benefits and cost savings were realized by the raw material supplier as well. This was 

clearly a ‘win-win’ situation for Schlegel Rochester, the supplier, and the environment.”

Tracy Pope, Environmental & Safety Officer, Schlegel Corp.

■ Elimination of approximately 30,000 poundsper-year of corrugated and wood packaging, a

significant waste stream for Schlegel.

■ Conservation of valuable warehouse storage

space, a result of the plastic containers 

folding flat.

■ Reduction in the price of raw materials from

the supplier.

■ Reduction of labor costs related to 

handling and storing the containers.

■ Bell Atlantic eliminated 5.8 million

pounds of paper by changing the

specification for the printing of its

telephone directories to reduce the

amount of paper required. For example, the company reduced the basis

weights for many incidental pages,

such as coupons, indexes, and showcase pages. The actual dimensions

of the directories were also reduced,

some listing rules were streamlined,

and Customer Guides were shortened.

■ Reynolds Metals’ Kansas City facility saved nearly $900,000 and conserved more than one million

pounds of aluminum by reducing

the thickness of aluminum used to

manufacture cans and improving its

production process to reduce waste.

12,000 

(118 companies)

Corrugated1

All Other Materials

Ferrous & Other Metals2

Glass3

Food & Other Organics

Wood

C&D

Non-Ferrous Metals

High-Grade & Mixed Paper 

All Plastics

Textiles

 132,000

(43 companies)

37,000

(N/A)

36,000 

(31 companies)

36,000 

(5 companies)

13,000

(2 companies)

13,000

(7 companies)

10,000

(80 companies)

7,000

(19 companies)

1Largely through reductions in transport packaging.

2Largely through manufacturing process improvements, packaging reductions, and reusing parts.

3Primarily from package lightweighting. 

27,000

(12 companies)

20,000

(43 companies)

Materials Conserved Through Waste Prevention in 1995

Figure 2 All figures in tons
Reduce or reuse primary packaging

Targeting primary packaging for reduction and reuse opportunities is a key strategy for manufacturers. Twenty-four WasteWi$e partners reported reductions in primary product packaging in 1995, conserving 57,300 tons (114,600,000 pounds) of

materials.

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“Measuring our 

1995 WasteWi$e

results has heightened our awareness

of the value and

environmental worth

of our waste 

reduction endeavors.

We are ready to

redouble our efforts

in 1996. Thank you

for showing us the

way.”

Gerald Porter, Jr.

Facilities Manager

First National Bank & Trust

Company of the Treasure

Coast

■ The Coca-Cola Company reduced

aluminum consumption by 13.2 million pounds by slightly decreasing

the size of its beverage can lids.

■ Target Stores eliminated three million pounds of plastic bags formerly

used to package clothing; this initiative enabled Target to reach its goal

of reducing “softlines” packaging by

95 percent.

■ Maytag’s Newton Laundry Products

conserved 2.4 million pounds of corrugated by reducing the amount of

packaging for finished products.

■ Hewlett Packard redesigned the packaging for its ink-jet printer cartridges

to use less material, resulting in a

reduction of 2.8 million pounds of

various packaging materials.

■ Avondale Mills, a textile manufacturer, began taking back yarn cones

from customers and reusing them,

conserving 70,000 pounds of

polypropylene and saving $50,000.

■ Procter & Gamble implemented several activities that conserved more

than four million pounds of primary

packaging materials. The company

lightweighted a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle design, reduced

high density polyethylene (HDPE)

and PET packaging by delivering concentrated products, and eliminated

some boxboard packaging for skin

care products.

■ NEPTCO Inc., a manufacturer of

wire and cable products, implemented quality improvement strategies in

1995 which included employee

incentives to decrease scrap and nonconforming product levels. These

efforts saved the company $12,500 in

disposal costs and 281,000 pounds of

materials.

■ Avondale Mills, a textiles manufacturer, purchased and installed a 

reclamation system for process fibers.

Leftover fibers from reprocessing are

given to a feedmill to make cattle

feed. In 1995, the company diverted

600,000 pounds of cotton fiber from

disposal and saved $9,000 in disposal

costs.

■ Courier Times, a medium-sized

printing and publishing firm, saved

$11,000 and reduced more than

37,000 pounds of print waste through

the increased awareness and efficiency of the printing press operators.

■ The Earthgrains Company (formerly

Campbell Taggart), a grains-based

food manufacturer, supplied 53 million pounds of food scraps from its

manufacturing process to farmers for

reuse as animal feed.

■ Motorola collected cleanroom booties

and gloves at one facility for reprocessing and reuse, conserving 140,000

pounds of mixed plastic clothing.
Innovations in Office Waste Prevention

Bank of America’s Creative Strategies to Reduce Office Paper

Bank of America reduced consumption of office paper by nearly 8.5 million

pounds in 1995. The company continues to implement a wide range of innovative

efforts to reduce paper use, such as:

■ New software-based “laser letterhead.” The software uses standard pre-printed,

two-color corporate signature letterhead that is not customized with name, title,

or address. Users enter personalized information onto a PC-based template that

prints with the text of the letter. This program allows users to update personalized information as necessary and print the exact quantity required. Benefits

include a 56 percent cost savings over pre-printed letterhead, and zero waste

when employees change their address, title, or other information.

■ A pilot test of six printers capable of duplex printing, which reduce paper consumption up to 30 percent over conventional printers. A larger roll-out of duplex

printers will take place in 1996.

Alyeska Achieves Savings From Binder Reuse

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company uncovered an innovative way to recapture and

reuse vinyl three-ring binders. Previously, most binders were damaged and rendered

unusable by smeared toner on the outer plastic sleeve and on the inside front cover.

Alyeska devised a solution to this problem that substantially increases the useful life

of the binders.

Now, when the Print Shop assembles a document, a clear plastic sheet is inserted

in front of the title page and spine label, thus protecting the outer plastic sleeve. A

second clear plastic sheet is also inserted immediately inside the front cover to protect that area.

Employee participation is a key element in the success of this program. New

binders cost more than $4.45 each. With a 50 percent rate of recapture and a continued demand of 42,000 binders per year, Alyeska projects cost savings to reach

$40,000 per year. All future company manuals and other documents will contain the

plastic inserts and be reused in later productions. Each document will include an

information sheet to remind employees and contractors about the importance of

waste reduction and how the binder reuse program works.

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10

“We appreciate

EPA’s WasteWi$e

program, which 

provides us with

opportunities to

share our successes

and learn from other

WasteWi$e 

partners.”

Jack Shih

Manager of 

Environmental Affairs

Navistar International

Transportation Corp.

Reduce or reuse office supplies

Any company with office operations should be able to identify cost-saving opportunities through the reduction and reuse of supplies, especially through reductions

in office paper use. In 1995, 119 WasteWi$e partners reported on projects to reduce

or reuse office supplies and equipment, resulting in the conservation of more than

10,700 tons (21,400,000 pounds) of materials. Nearly all of the office supplies

reduced were high-grade or other types of paper, including printer and copier paper,

stationery, and envelopes. The amount of measured waste prevention would likely

have been higher if not for the challenges many companies face in measuring reductions in paper use. As the examples below illustrate, WasteWi$e partners have

found many ways to reduce office paper and other supplies.

■ CITGO Petroleum conserved 753,000

pounds of paper by utilizing electronic viewing techniques, such as managers viewing reports on line, thereby

reducing the number of pages printed.

■ Aetna Inc. saved $144,000 from an

inter-office supply and equipment

recapture program and reused more

than 128,000 pounds of supplies and

equipment such as calculators and

fax machines. 

■ Union Carbide, a chemical manufacturer, sends used toner cartridges to a

remanufacturer; in 1995 this activity

saved $75,000 through the reuse of

about 700 cartridges.

■ Radio Flyer, a manufacturer of red

wagons and other toys, eliminated

150,000 pounds of glossy labels by

printing product information directly

on the corrugated cartons. The

labels, previously used as a marketing tool, were no longer needed since

merchants began displaying assembled products rather than cartons.

This action saved the company

$37,500 over two years.

■ CSX Transportation implemented

duplex copying and the use of electronic mail at 334 locations, resulting in the reduction of 596,000

pounds of office paper. The company

also saved 1,000 pounds of paper by

eliminating the use of paper training

manuals. Instead, CSX conducted

multi-media training via computer,

featuring written text, video clips,

and other interactive elements.

■ BellSouth Telecommunications

began printing double-sided customer

bills in 1995. This activity reduced

more than 1.3 million pounds of

paper and saved $535,000 in paper

purchasing costs. In addition,

BellSouth used electronic data interchange (EDI) to increase electronic

billing by six percent, reducing paper

consumption by 7,500 pounds and

saving $54,000.
Donate/Exchange materials

By donating and exchanging materials, 38 WasteWi$e partners diverted more

than 2,100 tons (4,200,000 pounds) of material from disposal in addition to assisting

schools and other nonprofit groups.

■ Texaco donated 120,000 pounds of

building materials, such as lights and

ceiling tiles from remodeling projects, for reuse by nonprofit groups.

The company also donated 4,000

pounds of computer equipment and

furniture to nonprofits.

■ The Gillette Company donated

12,500 pounds of materials, such as

polystyrene and corrugated packaging

and promotional items, to the Boston

Schools Recycle Center. Teachers use

materials for experimental and innovative classes. The company also

donated more than 1,300 pieces of

office furniture and equipment, such

as desks, computers, and printers, to

local charitable and educational 

organizations.

■ Rivertown Trading Company donated more than 11,000 pounds of packaging peanuts, gift wrapping

materials, stationery, and computer

equipment to local organizations.

■ Apple Computer, Inc. distributed

10,000 pounds of used office supplies

and small equipment to local school

districts in Santa Clara Valley,

California.

■ NEC Electronics, Inc. donated more

than 29,000 pounds of various items

to nonprofit and other organizations.

For example, the company donated

polystyrene peanuts and bubblewrap

to a local store that mails packages.

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Employee Education Pays Off at Janus Funds

Janus Funds, a medium-sized Colorado financial and mutual funds firm, saved

$31,200 and conserved more than 40,000 pounds of paper in 1995. Employee participation played a key role in these savings. The company formed a six-person

Paper Reduction Committee to educate employees on paper conservation and to

monitor progress throughout the various departments.

Committee members met with employees from each department and educated

them on various methods for reducing paper consumption. Each department was

asked to sign a form committing to three specific paper reduction goals. Example

goals included reducing the distribution of lengthy memos, using e-mail, and

duplex copying. Committee members informed the departments that they would

follow up at a later date to determine the progress on the goals.

The Paper Reduction Committee developed a measurement form for each

department to use for assessing its goals and reporting the results.

1 This figure is based on an average 1995 U.S.

tipping fee of $32.19 per ton, a value reported

by Solid Waste Digest, 1995.

2 This figure is based on an extrapolation of

cost savings data provided by WasteWi$e

partners in 1995.

3 This figure is based on a 1995 national average cost of $1,095 per ton of high-grade office

paper, as derived from low-end costs reported

by Pulp & Paper, 1995.

ENDNOTES
A

lthough 1995 was a volatile year for many recyclables markets,

WasteWi$e partners maintained or expanded their collection activities.

In 1995, 192 WasteWi$e partners recycled nearly 4.2 million tons of

material—a 400 percent increase from the 956,000 tons reported in

1994. Figure 3 illustrates the materials collected in largest amounts by

WasteWi$e partners. Because WasteWi$e recycling goals are often integrated into

overall company recycling efforts, the amount of materials collected specifically as a

result of WasteWi$e activities can be difficult to separate from overall recycling figures. Many companies did not attempt to differentiate recyclables collected as part

of WasteWi$e goals from total recyclables collected in 1995. One hundred five companies did report specifically on WasteWi$e goal amounts, resulting in a total of

885,000 tons collected.

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Recyclables Collection

Ferrous 


Metals

Wood Corrugated All 


Other 


Metals

White/


Mixed 

Paper

Non-


Ferrous 


Metals

All 


Plastics

Glass Organic

819,000

554,000

179,000 142,000 129,000 100,000 74,000 2,000

2,182,000

Materials Recycled by WasteWi$e Partners in 19951

Figure 3 All figures in tons

1 WasteWi$e and Non-WasteWi$e Activities
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Successful Recycling Strategies

In 1995, WasteWi$e partners found new ways to expand and improve their 

recycling programs. Partners expanded their efforts by adding new materials for

recycling, educating employees and the community, finding new ways to increase

collection of materials already recycled, and increasing the recyclability of materials. Some successes in each of these areas are featured below.

Adding new materials

Identifying new materials to collect for recycling is an ongoing process, and a

key component of a successful recycling program. The two companies below benefitted from their search for new recycling opportunities.

Employee education

Employee education can often be the key to successful company waste prevention and recycling programs. In 1995, the following three companies took a creative

approach to keeping employees involved.

■ First National Bank & Trust

Company of the Treasure Coast collected 150,000 pounds of computer

and printer paper. Prior to implementation, approximately 65 percent of

this paper was shredded by bank staff

and landfilled. By switching to recycling, the company saved $14,000 in

avoided disposal costs.

■ Haworth, one of the largest office

furniture manufacturers in the

United States, conducts monthly

audits to identify new waste reduction opportunities. An audit in 1995

revealed that powder coat paint could

be recycled. The company recycled

96,500 pounds as a result.

■ Office Plan, a furniture manufacturer, hosted a half-day recycling and

waste prevention seminar for all

members of the company. Employees

were given a “lab test” of 60 objects

and materials used in the office and

warehouse to survey their knowledge

of what can and cannot be recycled.

The quiz was later graded and discussed, and a prize was awarded to

the employee with the highest score.

■ Stonyfield Farm Yogurt launched an

employee awareness campaign. The

program included a monthly recycling report in the company’s internal newsletter, presentations and

question and answer sessions with

every department, educational

posters about what is recyclable and

why it should be recycled, and small

employee incentives, such as

coupons and mugs.

■ Bank of America established a recycling hotline called Wasteline for

employees, which received more

than 400 calls on such topics as extra

pickups, sorting, and supplies for

recycling.
Community outreach

Many companies find that building partnerships for recycling within their communities is a rewarding way to benefit both the environment and their neighbors.

Expanding collection of materials and improving recyclability

Many WasteWi$e partners have aggressively sought to increase the amount of

materials collected for recycling or to design their products to increase recyclability.

Both activities can help an already-successful recycling program conserve even more

material.

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“WasteWi$e 

provides an 

excellent program

to help us revitalize

recycling efforts and

make inroads where

recycling hasn’t 

caught on.”

William Meng

Corporate Procurement

Manager

The Southern Company

■ Pennsylvania Power and Light

donates its recyclable mixed paper to

a center for people with learning disabilities. The center sorts and sells

the materials and keeps all revenues.

■ Virco Manufacturing, a school and

office furniture manufacturer, assisted a local school district in initiating

a corrugated recycling program.

Thirteen bins were built and placed

at all district schools. Within nine

months, schools collected more than

85,000 pounds of corrugated which

Virco sold, generating $3,800 in revenue for the school district.

■ Ford Motor Company cosponsored an

exhibit called “The Stinking Truth

About Garbage.” It is on display

through 1998 at the Chicago

Children’s Museum and focuses on

educating children on the need to

reduce, reuse, and recycle. Most

recently, Ford sponsored a traveling

6,000 square foot exhibit titled

“EarthQuest.“ This exhibit is touring

museums through 2000 and also

focuses on educating children on the

need to reduce, reuse, and recycle. 

■ University of Notre Dame increased

collection of corrugated to more than

460,000 pounds in 1995 by banning

the disposal of corrugated boxes and

requiring students to recycle boxes

used during move-in to residence

halls.

■ Texaco expanded its collection programs for corrugated, mixed plastics,

glass, and wood to several new facilities in 1995. This expansion enabled

the company to collect more than

one million pounds of recyclables.

■ AMD, an integrated circuits manufacturer, increased the recycled content and recyclability of its product

packaging materials. Its product shipping boxes have been replaced with

boxes that contain a minimum of 65

percent postconsumer content and

are more easily recycled in AMD’s

local markets. AMD also facilitated

the recycling of its plastic device

tubes by replacing nylon pins with

pins made of the same plastic resin.

■ General Motors Corp. developed a

Recycling Design Guide to aid the

General Motors community in

designing vehicles whose parts can

be easily removed and recycled.
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Recycling Collection Generates Revenue

■ Seagate Technology earned revenue of

$1.3 million from the sale of materials

including metals, plastics, and paper.

■ Baxter earned revenue of $5 million

from the sale of recovered materials

including corrugated, plastics, and 

aluminum.

■ Xerox saved $7.8 million in disposal

costs through its recycling efforts.

■ American Standard’s savings and revenue totaled $744,000.

New Materials Collected in 1995

Sixty-five companies added new materials and products to their recycling collection

programs in 1995. The most common new additions were:

■ Corrugated boxes

■ Magazines

■ Newspaper

■ Aluminum cans

■ High-grade copier paper

■ Glass bottles

Impressive Volumes Collected

■ General Motors recycled 3.6 billion

pounds of paper, plastic, metals, and

wood.

■ Navistar International Transportation

Corp. recycled more than 86 million

pounds of ferrous materials.

■ Motorola recycled more than 30 million pounds of materials across 33

facilities.

■ Public Service Electric & Gas Co. recycled more than 18 million pounds of

concrete and asphalt.

■ CSX Transportation recycled 759 million pounds of materials in 1995. 

■ Compaq Computer Corporation recycled more than 22 million pounds of

various materials. 

Snapshot of Recycling Collection Programs
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n 1995, 160 WasteWi$e partners reported on their efforts to increase purchases of

recycled-content products. This section summarizes major activities implemented

by WasteWi$e partners, including purchasing new products that contain recycled

content, increasing the percentage of recycled content or the number of recycledcontent products already purchased, educating employees on buying recycled, testing the performance of new recycled products, tracking buy-recycled purchases, and using

recovered materials to manufacture new products. In all, WasteWi$e partners purchased

more than two million tons of recycled-content products in 1995. Figure 4 summarizes

activities reported by WasteWi$e partners in 1995.

Purchase New Products Made With Recycled Content

In 1995, 80 WasteWi$e companies reported purchasing products made with recycled

content that they had not previously purchased. As with any new purchase, evaluating the

performance of recycled-content products can be an important first step before purchasing.

Fifty-four WasteWi$e partners reported that they evaluated or tested recycled-content products ranging from standard office products to transparencies to polypropylene fabric storage

bags. Some of the recycled-content products newly purchased by WasteWi$e companies in

1995 are described below.

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Purchase or Manufacture of Recycled Products

■ The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea

Company purchased more than 500 tons

of cash register tape with 50 percent

postconsumer content for all its supermarkets. 

■ Allergan purchased more than one million pounds of 15 percent postconsumer

paper for product inserts.

■ McDonald’s acquired more than eight

million pounds of 18 percent postconsumer paperboard hamburger boxes.

■ Commonwealth Edison initiated the use

of 100 percent recycled-content paper for

all intra-company memos and copies. 

■ Sligo Adventist School purchased 100

percent recycled-content playground

equipment, which it found to be “far

superior” to competitive products made

from virgin materials.
Buy/Manufacture-Recycled Activities by WasteWi$e Partners in 1995

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80


60


40


20


0

Buy New 

Recycled-

Content Product

NUMBER OF COMPANIES

IMPLEMENTING ACTIVITY

Increase Quantity 

of Recycled 

Products

Buy Recycled 

Policy/

Education

Evaluate/Test

Recycled 

Products

Increase 

Recycled-Content 

Percentage

Measure/

Develop

Tracking System

Manufacture 

Recycled 

Product

60 56 54

45

13 17

80

Through their purchasing, some companies take “closing the loop” a step further

by taking direct responsibility for the recyclable materials they collect. These companies arrange to purchase products that are actually made with their own collected

recyclables. 

Increase the Amount of Recycled Content in Products Purchased

Forty-five WasteWi$e companies increased the amount of recycled content in

products they were already buying.

Recycled Products Most Frequently Purchased by WasteWi$e Partners

■ Copier paper

■ Computer and printer paper

■ Stationery (letterhead, business cards,

envelopes)

■ Folders and binders

■ Toner cartridges

■ Paper towels

■ Toilet paper

■ Corrugated containers and boxes

■ Packaging material and filler

■ NYNEX Corporation tested the use

of 100 percent recycled-content

return payment envelopes that 

contain 50 percent old telephone

directories. Full implementation of

the product commenced in February

1996. 

■ The Walt Disney Company tested

theme park trash can liners that contain 30 percent postconsumer content, including a percentage of the

company’s old liners.

■ State Farm Mutual Automobile

Insurance Company is purchasing

letterhead made from the company’s

recycled office paper after successfully testing the product.

■ Virco Manufacturing raised the

recycled content of corrugated cartons purchased to 60 percent. The

company acquired 4.5 million

pounds of the containers in 1995.

■ Chrysler Corporation maximized

recycled content by purchasing

more than 1.2 million pounds of

100 percent recycled-content computer paper. 

■ Maytag’s Newton Laundry Products

increased recycled content in 2.7

million pounds of corrugated cartons from 40 percent to 100 percent

recycled content. 

Figure 4
Increase the Quantity of Products Purchased With Recycled Content

In 1995, 60 WasteWi$e partners reported on activities to increase the amount of

recycled products they were already purchasing. 

Strengthen Institutional Support for Buying Recycled

Establishing a policy for purchasing recycled products can help to ensure that

buying recycled is institutionalized in a company. Similarly, educating purchasing

officials, other employees, and suppliers about buy-recycled opportunities can build

institutional support for buy-recycled practices. Thirty WasteWi$e partners reported

developing buy-recycled policies or guidelines in 1995; another 26 companies took

action to educate employees or others on buying recycled. 

Establish a System to Track and Measure Recycled-Content Purchases

Seventeen WasteWi$e companies initiated systems to track or measure recycledcontent purchases. For example, Northeast Utilities Service Company worked with

its office supply distributor to develop a software program to track recycled products purchased and dollars spent. This service is now available to all the distributor’s customers. Other companies that developed computer tracking systems

include Abbott Laboratories, Dow Corning Corporation, and CITGO Petroleum.

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■ Navistar International

Transportation Corp. increased the

purchase of 100 percent recycled-content corrugated containers to 1.3 million pounds.

■ Dow Corning Corporation expanded

its buy-recycled program by 50 percent in 1995, spending more than $7

million on a variety of products with

recycled content.

■ The Coca-Cola Company spent more

than $2 billion on recycled-content

purchases in 1995.

■ Target Stores increased its purchase

of plastic bags with 25 percent recycled content to nearly seven million

pounds. 

■ Motorola developed a policy requiring

recycled content in all inbound packaging and a minimum of 35 percent

recycled content in outbound 

packaging.

■ The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical

Company initiated a policy requiring

all advertising, promotional literature, letterhead, business cards, and

envelopes to be printed on recycled

paper.

■ Western Resources has a buy-recycled

policy that allows its purchasing

department to give a price preference

on the first $100,000 worth of recycled products it buys.

■ Compaq Computer Corporation specifies that corrugated shipping boxes

for its products must contain a minimum of 35 percent postconsumer

content.

■ Holston Defense Corporation encourages employees to use recycled-content supplies and used its monthly

newsletter to list products available

for purchase.
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Manufacturing Products With Recovered Materials

With consumer demand for recycled products growing, manufacturers are working to increase the supply of these products. In 1995, 13 WasteWi$e partners

increased the amount of postconsumer material in the products they manufacture. 

■ Ford Motor Company issued worldwide automotive recycling guidelines

to its suppliers and engineers. Not

only do these guidelines review

design for disassembly, they also

describe how to include materials

made from recycled content. Some

activities underway include manufacturing plastic parts containing 25 percent recycled content in all 25

million parts produced annually at

one plant; manufacturing new taillight housings and bumper guide

brackets using material salvaged from

plastic bumpers; manufacturing

polypropylene splash shields made

out of old battery casings; manufacturing grille opening reinforcements,

luggage rail racks, and trunk carpeting made from recycled soda bottles;

and manufacturing headlamp housing

made from plastic water cooler

bottles.

■ Louisiana-Pacific used nearly 15 million pounds of postconsumer newspaper in its wall and ceiling panel

products and recycled nearly 482 million pounds of wood by-products into

marketable soil amendments.

■ Stone Container used 3.5 billion

pounds of corrugated, mixed paper,

and newspaper to manufacture 34

percent postconsumer content boxes

and bags. More than 45 million

pounds of these materials were 

collected from the company’s customers, particularly small companies

that do not have their own recycling

programs.

■ Truck-Lite, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

facility, is evaluating using recycled

plastic to manufacture molded plastic

plugs and connectors used in truck

electrical systems.

Hundreds of wholesale photographic processing labs and thousands of minilabs in the United

States voluntarily collect materials from 135 mm

film for recycling, using collection and shipping

receptacles provided by the Eastman Kodak

Company. Promotional materials are created and

provided to these labs and retailers by Kodak,

allowing them to publicize their participation in

this recycling program to their customers. Kodak

accepts 135 mm film materials from all manufacturers. The company recycles or reuses these

materials, which include the polystyrene spool

and the steel on either end of the spool, the steel

cartridge itself, and the polyethylene container

and lid.

These recovered materials are used to make

new container bottoms with 25 percent recycled

plastic, as well as notebooks and wire fencing.

Using the recycled plastic from the collected containers and lids to make new container bottoms

is a good example of closed-loop recycling. Kodak

recycled its billionth roll of 135 mm film during

Earth Month 1996, diverting 29 million pounds

of material from landfills.

Kodak Recycles One Billion Rolls of Film
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“WasteWi$e

helps us by providing focus,

peer contacts,

ideas, and support. We find the

WasteWi$e

Update to be an

outstanding

newsletter and

exceptional

resource.”

Fred Kaeser

Environmental

Manager

United Technologies

Corp.

WasteWi$e Program Services

WasteWi$e kicked off a promotional

campaign with a public service

announcement printed in prominent

business magazines including Fortune.

WasteWi$e offers numerous services to its partners. The WasteWi$e

helpline is available to answer general questions about the program

as well as technical questions on specific waste reduction topics. In

addition, each partner has access to an individual WasteWi$e representative who can provide assistance in designing and implementing a waste reduction program. WasteWi$e staff have access to an extensive library

as well as the WasteWi$e Resource Guide, a compendium of up-to-date information

about waste reduction resources throughout the country. Other WasteWi$e services

include national recognition for waste reduction successes, technical publications,

and access to a peer network.

s WasteWi$e distributed several technical publications to its partners

in 1995. These documents include the WasteWi$e Update, tip sheets,

and the First-Year Progress Report.

t
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WasteWi$e Services

National recognition for waste reduction successes

Individual WasteWi$e representatives

Helpline and extensive library of resources

Tip sheets on brief topics

WasteWi$e Update newsletter 

Routine bulletins

Peer network

Workshops and conferences

Below are some typical questions WasteWi$e staff have addressed for 

partners by providing technical resources and referrals. Partners can call the

helpline at 800 EPA-WISE.

Waste Prevention

■ How can I begin a food scraps composting program?

■ Can you help me locate a materials exchange in my area?

■ How can I reduce paper use in my office?

■ What are some ways to reduce transport packaging?

■ What are some methods for managing wood pallets?

Recycling

■ Where can I recycle mixed plastic in my community?

■ What information is available on plastics recycling?

■ How can I recycle scrap tires?

■ How can I find a hauler for my recyclables?

Buy Recycled

■ Where can I find distributors for recycled-content products?

■ How can I work with my vendors to purchase products with recycled content?

■ What are some typical products made with recycled content?

■ How can I measure recycled-content purchases?

Partners Ask, WasteWi$e Answers

s A WasteWi$e information specialist

provides assistance to a partner via the

WasteWi$e helpline.
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Looking Ahead

WasteWi$e plans to build on the strong foundation of its first two

years to expand participation in the program, strengthen services for

WasteWi$e partners, and develop more in-depth information on

waste reduction in specific business sectors. 

Expanding WasteWi$e Participation

In its first two years, WasteWi$e targeted primarily large businesses for participation, focusing on their considerable influence in purchasing and materials use,

and their particular needs when developing services and information. As the program grows, we will encourage participation by other organizations as well, including universities and other institutions, and government agencies.

Strengthening Services for WasteWi$e Partners

WasteWi$e already offers an array of services intended to strengthen and assist

company waste reduction programs, including a WasteWi$e representative dedicated to each partner, a helpline and extensive library of resources, tip sheets on brief

topics, and the WasteWi$e Update newsletter which features partners’ successful

waste reduction efforts. Much of our technical assistance information emphasizes

waste prevention, an area of great cost-saving opportunity for companies and for

which information may not be available through other sources. Future technical

assistance will focus on areas of biggest cost-saving opportunity, such as transport

packaging and office paper reduction. Additional services that WasteWi$e plans to

develop for its partners include an Internet chat group where partners can query

and respond to specific questions, simple and practical methods for estimating cost

savings and waste reductions from selected waste prevention actions, and optional

electronic reporting and goal-setting.
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Profiling Sector-Specific Waste Reduction Strategies

Working with a large and diverse set of companies enables WasteWi$e to gather

insights on waste reduction strategies that appear especially beneficial to a particular business sector, by virtue of potential cost savings or other benefits. While

WasteWi$e routinely shares this type of information with partners, we see an

opportunity to develop more in-depth information on waste reduction practices for

specific business sectors. This information would be intended to spur additional

organizations in these sectors to adopt the high-impact practices. WasteWi$e is

piloting this approach with a study of electric utilities, interviewing utility

WasteWi$e partners to identify their highest impact waste reduction practices and

documenting the practices and their benefits. The report will be available in early

1997. If this approach is successful, WasteWi$e will implement it with other business sectors.

In addition to the plans detailed here, the WasteWi$e staff will continually evaluate the program, looking for ways to improve its efficiency and value to partners.

We encourage all WasteWi$e partners to give us specific feedback on the program

and its services so we can continue to evolve and improve. For organizations that

are not WasteWi$e participants, we invite you to join in this cost-saving and innovative effort to reduce solid waste.
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Please send a membership packet.

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(e.g., corporate headquarters only, regional facilities, all plants)

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Materials About WasteWi$e

n WasteWi$e: EPA’s Voluntary Program for

Reducing Business Solid Waste (18 pp.)

Describes key aspects of the WasteWi$e program.

n WasteWi$e “First Year Progress Report” (26 pp.)

Highlights the program’s eventful first year and

shares the impressive results achieved by

WasteWi$e partners in 1994.

n WasteWi$e “Second Year Progress Report”

(28 pp.) 

Highlights the second successful year of the program and presents the outstanding achievements

of WasteWi$e partners in 1995.

n Put Your Business on the Waste Cutting Edge:

Join WasteWi$e (2 pp.) 

Briefly outlines the WasteWi$e program.

n Endorser Program Fact Sheet (2 pp.) 

Describes key aspects of the WasteWi$e Endorser

program, designed for trade associations and other

membership-based organizations who want to promote WasteWi$e to their members.

Waste Reduction Publications

n Business Guide for Reducing Solid Waste

(41 pp. plus worksheets & appendices) 

Offers step-by-step guidance on establishing a

waste reduction program, including conducting a

waste assessment (detailed worksheets included),

establishing a waste reduction team, and developing goals.

n Waste Prevention Pays Off: Companies Cut

Waste in the Workplace (24 pp.) 

Provides a brief overview of waste prevention

goals and strategies that are working for different

types of businesses (includes case studies).

n WasteWi$e Update “A Fresh Look at Packaging”

(12 pp.) 

Describes successful packaging reduction efforts

undertaken by WasteWi$e partners.

n WasteWi$e Update “Measuring Waste

Reduction” (12 pp.) 

Explains techniques and tools partners have used

for measuring the effectiveness of waste prevention.

n WasteWi$e Update “Employee Education”

(12 pp.) 

Focuses on employee education as a key element

of a successful waste reduction program.

WasteWi$e Materials Order Form
n WasteWi$e Update “Going Paperless with

Technology” (12 pp.) 

Examines technologies used by WasteWi$e partners to reduce office paper.

n Waste Prevention: It Makes Good Business Sense

(1 page) 

Outlines the benefits of waste prevention and

contains an order form for EPA’s Waste Prevention

Pays Off and Business Guide for Reducing Solid

Waste publications.

n Buy-Recycled Guidebook, published by the

National Recycling Coalition’s Buy Recycled

Business Alliance (24 pp. plus appendices) 

Offers step-by-step advice on implementing a successful recycled products purchasing program.

n Reusable Transport Packaging Directory, published by Minnesota Office of Waste Management

(42 pp.) 

Provides descriptions of various types of reusable

packaging options for transporting goods and lists

of vendors.

n Source Reduction Now, published by Minnesota

Office of Waste Management (116 pp.) 

Describes in detail how to establish and implement a waste reduction program, including measurement ideas, company case studies, and

educational signs.

Tip Sheets 

Tip sheets provide guidance on a variety of waste

reduction issues (1-6 pp. each)

n Facility Waste Assessments

n Waste Prevention

n Recycling Collection

n How to Start or Expand a Recycling Collection

Program

n Buying or Manufacturing Recycled Products

n Buy-Recycled Resources

n Buy-Recycled Questions and Answers

n Donating Leftover Food to the Needy

n Managing Food Scraps as Animal Feed

n PackTrack: Software to Measure Reductions in

Products and Packaging

n Waste Accounting for Utilities: Software to Track

and Reduce

WasteWi$e Forms

n Partner Registration Form

n Goals Identification Form

n Sample Goals Identification Form

n Annual Reporting Form

n Sample Annual Reporting Form

n Endorser Registration Form
The Aluminum Association, Inc.

American Iron and Steel Institute

American Plastics Council

American Road and Transportation

Builders Association

American Textile Manufacturers

Institute

Association of Ohio Recyclers

Business and Institutional Furniture

Manufacturers Association

Direct Marketing Association, Inc.

DuPage Clean and Beautiful

Edison Electric Institute

Electronic Industries Association

Food Marketing Institute

Foodservice & Packaging Institute

The Glass Packaging Institute

“Green” Hotels Association

Grocery Manufacturers of America

Illinois Recycling Association

Institute of Packaging Professionals

Michigan Recycling Coalition

National Association for

Environmental Management

National Association of Photographic

Manufacturers, Inc.

National Automobile Dealers

Association

National Retail Federation

National Soft Drink Association

National Wooden Pallet and

Container Association

Newspaper Association of America

Polystyrene Packaging Council

Steel Manufacturers Association

Steel Recycling Institute

Toy Manufacturers of America, Inc.

USA Recycling Services

The Vinyl Institute

Virginia Recycling Association

WasteCap of New Hampshire

Water Foundation

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