The course, funded through the CACT grant, will lead students to Lucent Technology Certification. According to Wilcox, the staff is now recycling cardboard, paper, thermal copier paper, metal, plastic and glass. He also mentioned that they are now working on reducing the waste going to the incinerator with the hopes that this too will reach the goal of zero waste within the next year. Vice President John Fickensher said that they even recycle waste and paper from the parking lot.
Employees are in charge cleaning and maintaining specific plant areas.
The idea is that if the plant is clean and a machine is leaking oil, an employee will notice it and repair it before it breaks down. Reducing machinery down time keeps the plant operating at peak efficiency, enable Ricoh, Inc. to produce more thermal paper product with less effort. This zero waste goal would have never been accomplished without their hard work. Small businesses wishing to reduce their waste are invited to visit the Ricoh, Inc. facility where Wilcox and his staff will share information on how to set up a zero waste landfill project. They have also served on our advisory boards and have provided presentations at a number of our workshops.