GM Plant Achieves "Landfill Free" Status

General Motors' plant in Tonowanda, NY has achieved landfill free status by reducing waste, recycling and converting the waste they produce into energy. About 95% of the waste the plant generates is recycled. About 5% of the waste is converted to energy.

The Tonowanda plant, the largest engine manufacturing plant in the world, is the second GM plant to achieve landfill free status. The first was their Flint, MI plant in March 2005.

According to the article, "In North America, GM facilities have reduced non-recycled waste by over 67% since 1997 by either eliminating the generation of waste or increasing recycling -- currently recycling nearly 88% of the waste they generate. Globally, the recycling rate for GM facilities is approximately 86%, according to company estimates. GM is the only auto manufacturer to date to be inducted into the U.S. EPA WasteWise Hall of Fame."

Thank you to Ecotalkblog for pointing me to that story.