Your Corporate Guide to Responsible Waste Management

So, your company wants to reduce its landfill waste. Now what? As sustainability reaches top of mind for investors and customers, more companies are beginning to tackle waste in their supply chains in order to boost their green cred. Once you get past recycling, the options can get quite confusing! While zero waste is an admirable target that surely makes headlines, there are plenty of actions you can take to make a big impact all along the waste diversion spectrum. In this editorial series in partnership with Covanta Environmental Solutions, we’ll explore steps your company can take to edge closer to zero waste targets. We’ll unpack all the tools in your toolbox — from source reduction and recycling to cleantech solutions like wastewater treatment — explain what they are and how they work, and teach you to use them in the best way possible.

Sponsored by Coventa.

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The Journey To Corporate Zero-Waste-To-Landfill

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First Steps for Corporate Zero Waste

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P&G and Microsoft Demonstrate How to Move Beyond Recycling

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Thinking About a Corporate Wastewater Program? What You Need to Know

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Mutually Secured Destruction and the Circular Economy

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Tactics of Diversion: Measuring and Reporting Zero Waste Targets
Waste implies squandered resources, be they time, money or materials. Managing money and time are core competencies of any successful business. But somehow, trash and garbage have gotten a free pass. Fortunately, that is changing. As companies embrace one form or other of “zero waste” commitments, the business case for efficient and sustainable resource flow management is catching on.
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