Linn County Business Recycling Challenge Highlights Local Firms
The Bluestem Solid Waste Agency and the Iowa Waste Exchange launched Linn County’s first Business Recycling Challenge to cut landfill waste. The event honors area firms advancing waste reduction and sharing programs, with examples of recycling successes including extensive fly ash recovery by Alliant Energy.
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Linn County
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Iowa Waste Exchange
Moosvram
Linn
Alliant Energy Cuts Paper Use Across Offices
Alliant Energy commits to reducing paper generation by using double sided printers and material reuse. The program cut landfill waste by 91 percent across offices through waste reduction efforts and smarter printing practices.
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Alliant
Waste reduction programs cut landfill intake across multiple firms
Cargill projects divert 98 percent of waste from landfill through recycling and reuse. Cedar River Canar recycles fiber, composes short fibers, and reuses paper waste in making new paper. Genencor and General Mills report major landfill reductions through bulk bags, internal packaging reuse, and high recycling of cardboard, paper, plastics, metals, and wood. Goodwill Industries reuses and recycles donated goods, saving about $245 000 in landfill fees.
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Goodwill Industries
Iowa
Goodwill
Iowa Precision Industries Cuts Landfill Waste and Costs
Iowa Precision Industries diverts nearly 400 tons from the landfill annually by changing painting processes and recycling reused items. The program saves about $30,000 yearly in disposal costs and uses reused rubber mats wooden pallets and other recycled materials.
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Iowa Precision Industries
Iowa Precision
Recycling drives waste reduction at Quaker Oats and partners
Quaker Oats reports an 80 percent waste reduction from recycling cardboard paper metal and by products lowering disposal costs by half. Locally Rockwell Collins promotes reuse of materials from its facilities with packaging from electronic equipment sorted by shelters for reuse. WorldCom cuts waste by switching to durable dishware and remodeling cafeterias reducing landfill plastic and styrofoam. one dumpster now handles what two did.
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Quaker Oats Company
Rockwell Collins
Worldcom
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Genencor International, Inc
General Mills
McLeod USA
Ox Yoke
Amana
D&d Ranch
Swisher
Penford Corp
Penford
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