Waste and Recycling Management

With COVID-19, most of our personnel ended up working virtually in 2020, leading to a significant reduction in waste generation. As a result, our total waste generation rate declined 86% from 2019 while our recycling rate decreased by 65%, confirming that most of our waste is generated from nonmanufacturing operations. We continue to improve our waste and recycling management programs by:

• Initiating waste management pilot studies at select sites.
• Expanding our Go Green efforts to evaluate material purchase options, site-specific material use and green material cycles.
• Transitioning from site-specific to companywide approach to waste disposal and recycling.
• Enhancing our integrated external vendor structure to better manage waste.
• Creating a positive culture for waste and recycling management.