ConEd recycles 91% of its waste saving the environment and millions of dollars

ConEd recycled around 67,000 tonnes of waste in 2009, which amounted to 91% of its total waste. Due to this, it was rightfully awarded with the ‘WasteWise Gold Achievement’ by the EPA. This huge amount of waste mainly consisted of sand and dirt (33,000 tonnes), scrap Metals (11,500 tonnes), trash (3,400 tonnes) and construction and demolition debris (1,300 tonnes). However, along with these, equal attention was paid to the recycling of day-to-day utilities such as office papers (400 tonnes), wood (100 tonnes), carboards (150 tonnes), and electronics (50 tonnes). This massive environmental effort from ConEd not only reduced the amount of waste to be dumped as landfill by a huge amount, but also saved the company more than $19 million.

This effort from ConEd should be an inspiration for other organizations to promote recycling.
[treehugger]