Other Initiatives Environmental Report Environmental Efforts Waste Reduction Recycling Programs Active Throughout MidAmerican Recycling occurs company-wide.
Metal recycling is accomplished through collection points in a number of company facilities.
Iron, steel, copper, aluminum, brass and lead are sorted in bins and sent to vendors for melting and reuse. One of our larger recycling programs involves lighting wastes . Thousands of streetlights, fluorescent bulbs and high-pressure sodium lights are collected, stored at company facilities and periodically picked up for recycling by a vendor. Nearly every component of the lights is recycled. Another large volume recycling effort involves office paper and cardboard .