Always looking forward
At the turn of the 19th Century, Sam Schnitzer could not have foreseen issues such as greenhouse gas or climate change. But the business he founded was built on the principles that are fundamental to today's sustainability movement: recycling, reducing and reusing.
Today, we're proud of our roots and our current accomplishments. As we move forward, we will embrace even higher standards of sustainability and accountability. Growth, creative thinking and innovation are key to our business success. These same values define our commitment to sustainable business practices.
That commitment includes finding new ways, for example, to recover even more metallics from the material we process and to look for added value from residual materials such as plastic and rubber. We will increase and advance our ongoing efforts to reuse and recycle, while reducing the impact of the fluids and contaminants in inflow materials. We will continue to scrutinize and improve every aspect of our operations, from stormwater collection to emissions reduction to use of alternative energy – all with the discipline that has marked our efforts in the past to maximize efficiency and reduce our environmental footprint.
We also look forward to providing an ever-richer variety of data and metrics, so that our success can be measured and compared using globally recognized standards. This effort has already begun and will become a regular part of our reporting to our stakeholders and community at large.
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