corporate leadership through sustainability initiatives
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Corporate Leadership ThroughSustainability Initiatives
Sustainability for business means making responsible decisions today that will have positive effects for the future allowing future generations to have access to the same resources and environmental benefits that we enjoy today.
Reducing waste and recycling is good for the environment and is a prime example of corporate leadership and environmental stewardship
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF
RECYCLING •Americans represent only 5% of the world’s populations, but generate 30% of the world’s garbage.
•In a lifetime, the average American will throw away 600 times his or her adult weight in garbage. If you add it up, this means that a 150 pound adult will leave a legacy of 90,000 pounds of trash for his or her children.
•Of the garbage Americans throw out, half could be recycled. That’s enough to fill a football stadium from top to bottom every day.
Material Energy Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin
Environmental Impact with Recycled vs. Virgin
Natural Resource Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin
Miscellaneous Information
Aluminum
95% energy savings; recycling of one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours
(Reynolds Metal Company)
Reduces pollution by 95%, (Reynolds Metal Co.)
4 lbs. of bauxite saved for every pound of aluminum recycled
(Reynolds Metal Co.)
Enough aluminum is thrown away to rebuild our
commercial air fleet 4 times every year
Glass
50% energy savings (Center for Ecological Technology); recycling of one glass container saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for 4
hours (EPA)
20% less air pollution; 50% less water pollution (NASA)
1 ton of glass made from 50% recycled materials saves 250 lbs. of
mining waste (EPA)
Glass can be reused an infinite number of times; over 41
billion glass containers are made each year (EPA)
Paper
60% energy savings (Center for Ecological Technology)
95% less air pollution; each ton saves 60 lbs. of air pollution (Center for
Ecological Technology)
Recycling of each ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7000 gallons of
water (EPA)
Every year enough paper is thrown away to make a 12'
wall from New York to California
Plastic
Plastic milk containers are now only half the weight that they were
in 1960 (EPA)
If we recycled every plastic bottle we used, we would keep 2 billion
tons of plastic out of landfills (Penn State)
We use enough plastic wrap to wrap all of Texas every year
(EPA)
Steel
74% energy savings; every pound of steel being recycled saves
enough energy to light a 60-watt bulb for 24 hours (Penn State
Every year we create 11.5 million tons of ferrous
wastes (Steel Recycling Institute)
One ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 lbs. of ore, 1000 lbs. coal, and 40 lbs. limestone (Center for
Ecological Technology)
Enough iron & steel is discarded in the US to
continually supply the nation's automakers (Steel Recycling
Institute)
Energy Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin 95% energy savings; recycling of one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours (Reynolds Metal Company)
Environmental Impact with Recycled vs. Virgin Reduces pollution by 95%, (Reynolds Metal Co.)
Natural Resource Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin 4 lbs. of bauxite saved for every pound of aluminum recycled (Reynolds Metal Co
Enough aluminum is thrown away to rebuild our commercial air fleet 4 times every year
ALUMINUM
Energy Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin 50% energy savings (Center for Ecological Technology); recycling of one glass container saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours (EPA)
Environmental Impact with Recycled vs. Virgin 20% less air pollution; 50% less water pollution (NASA )
Natural Resource Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin 1 ton of glass made from 50% recycled materials saves 250 lbs. of mining waste (EPA)
Glass can be reused an infinite number of times; over 41 billion glass containers are made each year (EPA)
GLASS
Energy Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin Materials60% energy savings (Center for Ecological Technology)
Environmental Impact with Recycled vs. Virgin
Natural Resource Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin Recycling of each ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7000 gallons of water (EPA)
Every year enough paper is thrown away to make a 12' wall from New York to California
PAPER
Energy Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin MaterialsPlastic milk containers are now only half the weight that they were in 1960 (EPA)
Environmental Impact with Recycled vs. Virgin Why Recycle? Every ton of plastic bottles recycled saves about 3.8 barrels of oil (American Chemistry Council). Recycled plastic bottles are used to make hundreds of everyday products, ranging from fleece jackets and carpeting to detergent bottles and lumber for outdoor decking.
Natural Resource Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin If we recycled every plastic bottle we used, we would keep 2 billion tons of plastic out of landfills (Penn State)
PLASTIC
Energy Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin Materials74% energy savings; every pound of steel being recycled saves enough energy to light a 60-watt bulb for 24 hours (Penn State)
Environmental Impact with Recycled vs. Virgin Why Recycle? Every year we create 11.5 million tons of ferrous wastes (Steel Recycling Institute)
Natural Resource Savings with Recycled vs. Virgin One ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 lbs. of ore, 1000 lbs. coal, and 40 lbs. limestone (Center for Ecological Technology)
Enough iron & steel is discarded in the US to continually supply the nation's automakers (Steel Recycling Institute)
STEEL
Instills Employee Pride
Employees feel good about having a positiveimpact on the environment, being recognizedand rewarded for their cost reduction andwaste reduction efforts, and working for asocially responsible company.
Attract the best of the best! Many employeeswho are knowledgeable and experts in theirfields are also socially responsible and want towork for companies which demonstrate thesame values.
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