Fourth Annual Sustainability Circle of Excellence Award recognizes
outstanding performance in diversion and recycling
Waste Management (NYSE:WM)
announced the winners of the 2015 “Sustainability Circle of Excellence
Award,” a recognition given to the top waste reduction customers in the
construction industry whose various projects achieved outstanding
sustainability milestones. This year’s winning companies diverted the
highest total tonnage for recycling in 2014, as measured by an online
tracking application from Waste Management.
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Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC – Mark Layman, chairman & CEO
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Gilbane Building Company – Thomas F. Gilbane, Jr., chairman & CEO
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J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc. – Dave Beck-Engel, president
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M.A. Mortenson Company – Thomas F. Gunkel, CEO
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Robins & Morton – Bruce Adams, president
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Skanska USA, Inc. – Richard Cavallaro, president & CEO
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Wespac Construction, Inc. – John Largay, president
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The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company – Timothy Regan, president &
CEO
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Walsh Construction – Matthew Walsh, chairman & CEO
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W.M. Jordan Company – John Lawson, president & CEO
In total, these winning companies put over 90 thousand tons of materials
to reuse and achieved a 70 percent diversion rate. To know these precise
calculations, as well as the impact their construction projects had on
the environment, all used Waste Management’s Diversion and Recycling
Tracking Tool (DART®), an online application that calculates
the amount of waste – as well as the different types of waste – being
diverted from the landfill.
Information is updated daily with accurate recycling totals. The tool
can then convert those numbers into environmental statistics, such as
the equivalent amount of greenhouse emissions a project avoided. The
information DART provides is used by some of the nation’s top
builders to achieve LEED® certification.
“Each company deserves to be applauded for successfully incorporating
environmental solutions in their daily operations,” said Jim Trevathan,
executive vice president & chief operating officer for Waste Management.
“These companies have shown a high level of social responsibility
through their commitment to diversion, recycling and sound environmental
practices.”
“It’s great that our customers are taking advantage of the DART tool
to make a positive impact on the environment by reducing their waste and
increasing their sustainability efforts,” said Kenny Lark, director of
strategic accounts overseeing construction services for Waste Management.
ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of
comprehensive waste management services in North America. Through its
subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, recycling and
resource recovery, and disposal services. It is also a leading
developer, operator and owner of landfill gas-to-energy facilities in
the United States. The company’s customers include residential,
commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North
America. To learn more information about Waste Management visit www.wm.com
or www.thinkgreen.com.
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