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33 Operations Recently Reach Landfill-Free Status, Bringing Current Total to 43
Company Accelerating Efforts to Reduce Facility Impact on Environment
General Motors announced today a commitment to make half of its major global manufacturing operations landfill-free by the end of 2010. When translating the commitment to an individual facility basis, more than 80 of GM’s manufacturing operations will become landfill-free over the next 28 months. GM facilities achieve the landfill-free status when all production waste or garbage is recycled or reused.
As part of the initiative, the company announced 33 global operations have recently reached landfill-free status, bringing the company’s current total number of landfill-free manufacturing operations to 43.
“Through innovation and commitment, GM is accelerating our efforts to be a leader in finding solutions to the environmental issues facing our world,” said Gary Cowger, GM group vice president of global manufacturing and labor. “As we develop new solutions in vehicle propulsion, GM is also making significant progress in reducing the impact our worldwide facilities have on the environment.
At GM’s landfill-free plants, over 96 percent of waste materials are recycled or reused and about 3 percent is converted to energy at waste-to-energy facilities. Eliminating waste to this degree is a GM manufacturing priority.
Not only does this initiative help the environment, it helps the company’s bottom line. As a result of the company’s global recycling efforts, approximately $1 billion in revenue will be generated annually from recycled metal scrap sales. Additionally, in North America alone, GM will generate about $16 million in revenue from the sale of recycled cardboard, metal, wood, oil, plastic and other recycled materials.
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Company Accelerating Efforts to Reduce Facility Impact on Environment
General Motors announced today a commitment to make half of its major global manufacturing operations landfill-free by the end of 2010. When translating the commitment to an individual facility basis, more than 80 of GM’s manufacturing operations will become landfill-free over the next 28 months. GM facilities achieve the landfill-free status when all production waste or garbage is recycled or reused.
As part of the initiative, the company announced 33 global operations have recently reached landfill-free status, bringing the company’s current total number of landfill-free manufacturing operations to 43.
“Through innovation and commitment, GM is accelerating our efforts to be a leader in finding solutions to the environmental issues facing our world,” said Gary Cowger, GM group vice president of global manufacturing and labor. “As we develop new solutions in vehicle propulsion, GM is also making significant progress in reducing the impact our worldwide facilities have on the environment.
At GM’s landfill-free plants, over 96 percent of waste materials are recycled or reused and about 3 percent is converted to energy at waste-to-energy facilities. Eliminating waste to this degree is a GM manufacturing priority.
Not only does this initiative help the environment, it helps the company’s bottom line. As a result of the company’s global recycling efforts, approximately $1 billion in revenue will be generated annually from recycled metal scrap sales. Additionally, in North America alone, GM will generate about $16 million in revenue from the sale of recycled cardboard, metal, wood, oil, plastic and other recycled materials.
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That's a terrific beast. Any plans of launching such high end vehicles in the Indian market?