OliverHCP SustainabilityReport 2022 F WEB SPREADS - Flipbook - Page 14
| Supporting Sustainability Performance
Fostering Sustainability Through Recycling
Recycling represents an increasingly large and important part of our sustainability efforts because it reduces the
amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators, conserves natural resources, prevents pollution by reducing the
need to collect new raw materials, and saves energy.
At Oliver, many of our facilities have implemented recycling programs. Here’s a look at two of these programs:
Anaheim, California: Recycling Gaylord Boxes
Our facility in Southern California recently implemented a recycling program for both standard recyclables and
large gaylord boxes. Also known as bulk boxes, gaylords are primarily used for industry purposes because they can
hold heavier items. They can also be used multiple times.
Supporting
Our Team
Ensuring the well-being of our team is an important part of putting
our values into action every day. That’s why we work so hard to
listen to our employees and respond to their concerns. Here are
some of the ways we do just that.
The recycling program at the Anaheim facility includes:
High-Density
Polyethylene Sheets
We’re working with
a local third party to
recycle approximately
40 gaylords per week.
Tyvek/Nylon Cores
Corrugate and Pallets
Batteries
Metal Sheet/Tools
We reuse the plastic
cores and recycle
cardboard cores, with
our general corrugate
recycling.
Each week, these items
are given to a local pickup service to recycle.
The facility manager
heads up the collection
program and leverages
the City of Anaheim
recycling system.
We take these to be
recycled at a local
recycling center.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Advanced (Chemical) Recycling
Our Grand Rapids facility recently completed a plastic recycling trial with a local partner who recycles waste
plastic into reusable products that are otherwise destined for the landfill. The company uses innovative
advanced-recycling technology to process plastic that is not currently recycled. Its advanced recycling systems
employ proven pyrolysis technology, decreasing the amount of plastic waste sent to landfills.
Below is an overview of our progress in recycling at our Grand Rapids site. While the trial phase has provided many
positives, it has also raised a few challenges that we must address before we can move forward.
Over a three-week period in October 2021, we sent 12 truckloads (65 tonnes) of plastic to our partner for evaluation,
with 100% recyclability.
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