By Greentech Lead America: Fujitsu Frontech North
America, a provider in innovative technology and front-end solutions, has
adopted Casella Waste Systems Power of Three closed loop recycling system.
Casella Waste Systems provides solid waste, recycling and resource solutions
throughout the U.S. The Power of Three solution offers zero-waste for its
customers.
Fujitsu’s program is accomplished through a partnership
with Casella, Foley Distributing, and SCA paper that redefines closed-loop
recycling.
The Power of Three is premised off of picking up a
customer’s recycling, processing that recycling into new products, and then
providing those products back to the customer in the form of new hand towels,
tissue paper, and toiletry items.
Power of Three is combined with Casella’s Zero-Sort
program. Casella’s Zero-Sort processing facility mechanically sorts all
Fujitsu’s paper, plastic, glass, and metal. The sorted materials will be made
into 100 percent recycled paper content products at SCA plant in Glens Falls,
New York. All of the recycled products will then be delivered back to Fujitsu
by Foley Distributing.
“One of our goals as a company is to help our customers
ensure that as few resources as possible are wasted. We are intent in our
mission of taking the things our customers do not want and transforming them
back into things that they do. Our partnership with Foley Distributing and SCA
Paper allows us to do just that,” said John Casella, chairman and CEO of
Casella.
Zero-Sort program saves Fujitsu money on disposal costs,
time in sorting, and streamlines their collection processes internally. Using
Zero-Sort, Fujitsu has reduced the amount of waste they send to the landfill
from 52 percent of their waste stream to only 3 percent.
Aiming to improve, Fujitsu implemented
Zero-Sort bags in April 2012. Shrink wrap is collected in bags and put in the
Zero-Sort container. These Zero-Sort bags help to recycle material that would
have normally been thrown out as waste.
“Fujitsu is very excited to be part of the
Zero-Sort Recycling Program and now The Power of Three Program with Casella
Waste System. Working with Casella’s Power of Three system, we are on a clear
path to truly reusing our waste. It is exciting to be part of such an important
and impactful effort,” said Terry Beyer, plant manager of Fujitsu Plattsburgh
facility.
Fujitsu Group receives Environmental Communication Awards for
excellence in environmental reporting
Recently, Fujitsu announced that its 2011 Fujitsu Group
Sustainability Report received the Prize for Excellence in Environmental
Reporting. The 2011 Fujitsu Group Sustainability Report is organized based on
the five priority issues set forth in the Fujitsu Group’s Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) policy.
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