Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP)

2003 WRAP of the Year

The 2003 WRAP of the Year winners are:

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American Licorice Company--Union City

The American Licorice Company is a medium-sized company that manufactures Redvines, a licorice candy product. Whenever possible, the manufacturing company donates surplus materials to nonprofit organizations and schools. In 2002, the company reduced waste destined to be landfilled by 554.8 tons and saved $48,000 in garbage disposal fees by modifying the manufacturing process to use fewer materials, reusing surplus supplies and equipment, and selling recyclable materials such as cardboard, waste paper, plastic film, and scrap metal.

Blue & Gold Fleet, LP--San Francisco

Blue & Gold Fleet is the leading ferry vessel transportation company in California, providing fast, clean, and efficient commuter services from Vallejo, Oakland, Alameda, Tiburon, Fisherman's Wharf, Sausalito, and San Francisco's Financial District. In 2002, Blue & Gold Fleet recycled 100,000 pounds of cardboard, 32,000 pounds of paper, 6,000 gallons of oil, and installed energy efficient lightning to save 82,000-kilowatt hours per year. Through the engine re-power program of Blue & Gold Fleet ferry vessels, the Blue & Gold Fleet has reduced its use of diesel fuels by more than 100,000 gallons annually. The implementation of Blue & Gold Fleet's recycling/reuse/reduce and environmental programs saves approximately $120,000 per year in operation costs. The Blue & Gold Fleet's goal is to exemplify the best management practices and environmental sustainability and to minimize the impact in all of the Blue & Gold Fleet operations. They continue to seek and adopt innovative strategies to further improve the Blue & Gold Fleet's performance in environmental management.

City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute--Duarte

City of Hope National Medical Center is one of just 37 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States as designated by the National Cancer Institute and is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Located in Duarte, California, close to 2,500 physicians, researchers, staff, and volunteers work to find the causes and cures for cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Located on over 110 beautifully landscaped acres, they have instituted the practice of "grass-cycling" over 70 tons of grass annually over the past three years. Where feasible and practical, flowerbeds have been replaced with xeriscaping. Additionally, they have recycled more than 450 tons of shredded paper, 90 tons of cardboard and close to 1.5 tons of batteries in the past two years! This represents a cost savings for disposal of over $27,000 in the past two years. Revenue from cardboard has garnered $4,600 in the same timeframe, used by the Recycling Task Force to purchase recycling equipment. In 2002, they applied for and received close to $66,000 in combined grant funds from the City of Duarte and the state Department of Conservation, with which they will purchase desk-side paper collection containers and place many recycling kiosks throughout their expansive campus in order to collect mixed beverage containers.

Community Environmental Council--Santa Barbara

The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is the leading non-profit environmental education organization in Santa Barbara County. With its five centers and ten programs, CEC provides valuable community services, including water quality protection, hazardous waste management, recycling and waste reduction, integrated pest management, promotion of sustainable living, and energy conservation. CEC's headquarters, the Gildea Resource Center, serves as a model for "green" building features, organic gardening, and energy conservation and efficiency. Aside from the environmental benefits of these features, the organization also enjoys economic advantages by reducing its monthly electricity bill by approximately 30 percent. CEC is also a leader in its waste minimization and recycling strategies, practicing onsite composting and diverting from the landfill roughly 100 garbage can-sized loads of recyclable material each year.

East West Partners--Truckee

East West Partners is a resort developer and operator located in Lake Tahoe, where they are creating a club family, Tahoe Mountain Resorts. To date, East West Partners has achieved successful and unique waste reduction and recycling activities within its Coyote Moon golf course operations, Wild Goose restaurant operations, general office operations, and the planning of Old Greenwood and the Northstar Ski Village. From May 2002 to May 2003, East West Partners successfully diverted an estimated 12.5 tons of material from landfill. These efforts to "remove the concept of waste" from their company vocabulary saved East West Partners thousands of dollars. East West Partners will divert and reuse even more material and bring sustainable design concepts from the drawing board to reality.

Hitachi Automotive Products, Los Angeles--Torrance

Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. Los Angeles Plant is in the business of remanufacturing automotive components such as alternators, distributors, engine control units, mass airflow sensors, and starters. As an ISO-14001 certified company, Hitachi strives for continuous improvement in its environmental management systems. Last year, the company donated two compressors to Habit for Humanity and held furniture raffles in which employees purchased company furniture at minimal cost. Hitachi also diverted more than 2.4 million pounds (1,211 tons) of materials from the landfill and saved an estimated $1.2 million by using used cores instead of new products for remanufacturing.

HP-San Diego

Hewlett Packard's San Diego site in Rancho Bernardo was established in September 1968. HP local operation includes the design, development and marketing of all-in-one office and home products, digital photography products, inkjet pen cartridges and media, large-format printer sales and marketing, specialty inkjet printers, and internet imaging services. For more than 35 years, HP's Rancho Bernardo facility has developed and commercialized innovative printing and imaging technologies for industrial, business and home customers throughout the world. Over 80 acres of campus is home to the Imaging and Printing Systems group, three Consumer Business Organization functions, three divisions, three operations, and two marketing centers. HP maintains a landfill diversion of basically 80 tons monthly or 78.5 percent for fiscal year 2002. The Recycle and Waste Stream Management Program identifies 26 commodities for reuse, reduction and recycling. It is unique and significant that all cardboard, paper, plastic, and Styrofoam are compacted, shredded, and/or baled on site for shipment to local vendors. The landfill diversion coupled with actual financial rebates generated cost savings of around $100,000.00. A generous donation program benefits local schools and nonprofit organizations and HP San Diego is a strong advocate of utilizing recycled consumables and by-products.

The Invironmentalists, The Interior Services Company of DuPont Textiles and Interiors--South San Francisco

The Invironmentalists, The Interior Services Company of DuPont Textiles and Interiors San Francisco Bay Area Branch is a medium-sized company that offers interior assessment, products and installation, vitalization and reclamation services for commercial environments. Between June 2002 and June 2003, they shipped 158,900 pounds of used carpet, carpet scraps, and carpet cushion that otherwise would have been landfilled to their recycling plant where it was demanufactured, reclaimed, and turned into materials for new products. The company also recycles cardboard containers, office paper, and wood shipping pallets, saving The Invironmentalists more than $100,000 each year.

Toyota North American Parts Center, California--Ontario

Toyota North American Parts Center California (NAPCC) is a 734,000 square-foot warehouse that distributes automobile parts throughout North American and Europe. NAPCC is committed to protecting the environment through natural resource conservation, recycling, prevention of pollution, and other initiatives. Last year NAPCC's most effective improvement, the transition to returnable shipping units, saved approximately 627 tons of wood and 82 tons of cardboard. NAPCC was also able to divert an additional 654 tons of waste from landfill, achieving a 59 percent diversion rate and to donate $280,000 in parts to different schools for technical training programs. Through the relentless pursuit of environmental excellence NAPCC was able to save approximately $1.4 million.

Turtle Bay Exploration Park--Redding

Turtle Bay Exploration Park seeks to develop an identity that defines Northern California and imparts a sense of stewardship for the Sacramento River watershed and an appreciation for its history and culture. Through visitor-oriented programming, the Park teaches about interrelationships and interdependencies among all components of a natural community, and explores issues of conservation and sustainability of natural resources and human communities. As part of its continued belief in the principles of sustainability, Turtle Bay pursues a large scale recycling and waste reduction program. Last year, over 700 tons of materials were reused or recycled by the museum. Built out of many recycled materials and with environmental stewardship in mind, Turtle Bay's sustainability ethic is reflected in many parts of the campus. From the 50 percent recycled glass tiles in the restrooms to the rice straw bale wall in the Visitor Center, the Turtle Bay experience provides visitors and staff with examples of sustainable technologies that demonstrate respect for the environment and the need to be efficient and creative with its natural resources.

Last updated: March 06, 2008