Oil & Gas Headquarters
CHALLENGE
64-acre multi-building facility. Tasked to reduce landfill usage, reduce overall costs, expand and increase recycling program.
APPROACH
- Renegotiated contracts
- Created Policies and Procedures for various departments
- Rebid services
- Modified service levels
- Implemented composting program
- Expanded recycling program
- Created simple, branded, and consistent signage
- Created consistent collection areas
- Developed and implemented multiple education programs
- Reduced Styrofoam usage
- Created and implemented various waste stream documentation methods for ongoing monitoring
IMPACT
Commercial Office Building
CHALLENGE
1.4 million square foot multi-tenant business and retail complex. LEED Gold certified facility. Tasked to expand recycling program, improve waste management process, reduce costs, and manage vendors.
APPROACH
Rebid services
Modified the waste management process
Retrained Janitorial
Expanded recycling program
Created consistent color-coding system
Developed and implemented multiple education programs
Created and implemented various waste stream documentation methods for ongoing monitoring
IMPACT
Commercial Office Building
CHALLENGE
1.3 million square foot, 17-acre business and retail complex. LEED Gold certified facility. Tasked to increase recycling efforts, lower landfill usage, reduce costs, manage vendors.
APPROACH
- Rebid trash and recycling contracts
- Eliminated unnecessary equipment
- Modified the waste management process
- Modified waste equipment
- Increased recycling revenue
- Expanded recycling program
- Modified service levels
- Developed and implemented multiple education programs
IMPACT
Manufacturing Facility
CHALLENGE
Eighty thousand (80,000) square foot manufacturing facility on 11 acres. Tasked with assessing and streamlining waste management practices, focusing on waste reduction and recycling to meet sustainability initiatives.
APPROACH
- Renegotiated contracts
- Eliminated unnecessary equipment
- Modified service levels
- Expanded recycling program
- Modified the waste management process
- Increased recycling revenue
- Created and implemented various waste stream documentation methods for sustainability reporting measures
IMPACT
Corporate Campus - Waste Audit
CHALLENGE
89-acre multi-building corporate campus. Tasked with assessing the existing recycling program and waste management practices, look for process improvement, cost reduction, increased recycling and capture rate opportunities, and establish baseline and appropriate waste diversion goal.
APPROACH
- Visual inspections of waste management practices and behaviors from multiple areas around the campus.
- Physical assessments (inspection, categorization, and quantification) of the solid waste and recyclables generated from various facilities around campus.
- Analysis of waste management policies and procedures
- Cost Analysis of solid waste, recycling, and rebates
- Analysis of education and awareness program
- Analysis of sustainable purchasing policies and procedures