{"id":2393,"date":"2010-07-20T07:33:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2010-07-20T07:33:26","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T14:33:26","slug":"getting-to-zero-how-companies-profit-from-eliminating-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/getting-to-zero-how-companies-profit-from-eliminating-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Zero: How Companies Profit from Eliminating Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The notion of a zero-waste operation or facility isn\u2019t merely a noble aspiration. It is an achievable goal, as a growing number of companies have demonstrated. Companies in a wide range of manufacturing businesses have achieved zero-waste status.<\/p>\n<p>But zero waste means more than just recycling. It requires a comprehensive examination of a facility\u2019s waste streams with the aim of eliminating excess packaging, redesigning processes, and working closely with suppliers, customers, and others.<\/p>\n<p>Join Waste Management\u2019s Jim Hall and Caterpillar\u2019s Jim Blass in conversation with Joel Makower, Executive Editor of GreenBiz.com, in an exploration of how companies are achieving zero waste. You\u2019ll hear a first-hand account of Caterpillar\u2019s pursuit of zero waste at its facility in Aurora, Illinois, and insight into the bottom-line impacts of a typical zero-waste program.<\/p>\n<p>Among the things, you\u2019ll learn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What zero waste means, and how it\u2019s different from zero landfill<\/li>\n<li>Lessons learned from companies that have achieved zero waste<\/li>\n<li>The challenges companies can face in implementing a zero-waste strategy<\/li>\n<li>The costs and savings of getting to zero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information and to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/22plm9y\" target=\"_blank\">REGISTER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The notion of a zero-waste operation or facility isn\u2019t merely a noble aspiration. It is an achievable goal, as a growing number of companies have demonstrated. Companies in a wide range of manufacturing businesses have achieved zero-waste status. But zero waste means more than just recycling. It requires a comprehensive examination of a facility\u2019s waste &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/getting-to-zero-how-companies-profit-from-eliminating-waste\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Getting to Zero: How Companies Profit from Eliminating Waste<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions\/2395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}