We are fully committed to reducing the impact of our operations as well as the products we make. We have a dedicated Eco Office committed to driving our Environmental Sustainability Strategy.
And we're constantly learning more from partnerships with such groups and programs as Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders and WasteWise initiatives, Sierra Club and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, to name a few. By learning more, we're confident we'll continue to figure out innovative ways to use less – even while we grow our business.
We recognize we all have a long way to go, and we're in it for the long haul.
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Working Toward Zero.
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For decades, our Glad® brand has been fighting waste with strong, reliable trash bags. Now, the brand aims to minimize waste even further, with an exciting shift in strategy that will position the brand at the forefront of effective and responsible waste management solutions.
The brand's plans include finding new ways to use even less plastic in bags with technology that makes them even stronger. Through our new technology, the Glad® brand is removing 6.5 percent of the plastic required to create its base trash bags, which is the equivalent of 140 million fewer trash bags per year. The brand also has plans to reduce the amount of source material needed to create its product packaging.
The Glad® brand will look to play an active role in providing information, education and access to waste-less programs across the U.S., and is committed to progress against the 3 R's:
Reduce: The Glad® brand is finding innovative ways to maintain quality while reducing both the environmental resources (energy, water and oil) that go into making bags and the plastic that comes out of the manufacturing process. This includes encouraging consumers to reduce their waste.
Recycle: The Glad® brand is on the leading edge of developing bags for recycling and composting. As communities commit to new programs, the brand will make bags available in local stores. The brand also provides education on recycling and continues its 26-year partnership with Keep America Beautiful, a nonprofit organization that focuses on making America's communities cleaner, greener and more livable.
Reuse: One person's waste can be another's treasure. The brand continues to sponsor annual events that promote the reuse of toys for kids in need, winter coats for those without, and electronics for families after disasters such as fires or floods.
Working Toward Zero
Last year, our three Burt's Bees® facilities became the first zero waste-to-landfill sites in the Clorox network. These facilities have committed to:
- Reduce, reuse, recycle or compost at least 90 percent of the waste streams at the site.
- Ensure no commonly recycled items such as paper, plastic, corrugate or aluminum are in the remaining waste.
- Send the remaining 10 percent or less of waste to a waste-to-energy facility.
Other Clorox sites have committed to getting to zero waste-to-landfill, and all of our other sites are working to achieve aggressive waste-reduction goals.
