General Motors have stated that it has altered 11 more facilities into landfill-free sites, accumulating the total to almost 122 facilities, recycling their waste than dumping it in open sites.
These sites aim to get rid of the waste dumps, recycling them into making energy. General Motors is aiming for 125 landfill free sites by the start of 2020.
An effort initiated in 2005, the sites include manufacturing and nonmanufacturing sites in Asia, Europe and North America and South America, reports WallStreet.org.
The company has claimed that not a single bit of waste is dumped on landfill sites. Auto Industry has joined together to eliminate large amount of waste, creating useful energy resources out of them.
The Wyoming factory is among the 11 facilities that have been converted by General Motors. The plant employed 550 hourly paid workers along with 150 employees that were salaries.
At the Wyoming plant majority of work is focused on recycling and reusing lubricating oil. Grinding wheels are recycled into sandpaper and the plant in collaboration with a technical partner recycles wastewater into fuel source for building material industry.
According to company strategy, recycling increases the efficiency of operations and the conserved resources play a vital part in making new vehicles.
In addition, company makes sure that even a minute quantity of waste isn’t dumped off as they have started to realize that they are all working collectively to reproduce something out these heaps of wastage.
It is an encouraging fact that auto industries are aware of the wastage and pollution caused by their plants as well as what can be done with the waste material which would be useful in the longer run.
The drive for zero waste is on air. As mentioned earlier, these recycled products are used in future operations as lot of money is already invested in an industry, where wastage can’t be an option.
Sabeena Wahid
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