Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP)

1997 WRAP of the Year

The 1997 WRAP of the Year winners are:

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Fetzer Vineyards--Hopland

Fetzer Vineyards, a worldwide producer and marketer of fine wines, is not only motivated to reduce waste from an environmental standpoint, but has found that it makes economic sense as well. From 1990 the company reduced its waste by 93 percent, saving more than $115,000 in disposal fees. Over this same period, Fetzer Vineyards reduced its landfill bound waste by 93 percent. The winery composts 10,000 tons of grape seed and stems, recycles 13.5 tons of plastic shrink wrap, and has completed the sustainable construction of a new administration building. It features recycled wood and doors, Pise' or rammed earth walls, nontoxic paints and glues.
P.O. Box 611, Hopland, CA 95449

Hewlett-Packard Company, Cupertino Site

Hewlett-Packard's Cupertino Site is an R & D and software development center with over 3,000 employees. Its programs have grown from five to 19 since 1995, with a high diversion rate of 70 percent. With the development of these programs, the site has donated over 20,000 pieces of excess furniture and over 25,000 used binders to schools and charitable groups from Sacramento to Southern California. Hewlett Packard's Cupertino Site has saved over $300,000 in trash and landfill fees.
19111 Pruneridge Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014

Hillside Press--Rolling Hills Estates

Hillside Press is the only printer in the South Bay that has won the WRAP Award for three consecutive years. They combine quality printing and first class customer service with responsibility to the environment by using and reusing recycled material. Hillside Press is also involved in the VOICE Program, which brings environmental awareness and education to South Bay communities. Hillside Press uses the principles of reuse and recycle, thereby educating, promoting, and encouraging the community to do the same.
706 Deep Valley Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

Imation Corp.--Camarillo

Imation Corp.'s Camarillo Plant manufacturers computer backup products. Since 1990 the Camarillo factory's recycling program has reduced landfill bound waste by 76 percent, reduced water usage by 47 percent and reduced natural gas usage by 66 percent.
350 South Lewis Road, Camarillo, CA 93012

Pepsi Cola Bottling, Fresno

Pepsi Cola Bottling, Fresno produces and bottles Pepsi products for the San Joaquin Valley. Beginning in 1992, with one employee and a goal of recycling cardboard, Pepsi’s recycling effort has grown to a full-time operation with four employees and a wide range of recycled materials. Pepsi, Fresno is the leader among all Pepsi plants in reduction and reuse of materials. Pepsi, Fresno is now diverting 99 percent of all production and shipping waste from being landfilled and the recycling program generates over $100,000 per year in revenue from sales of recyclables.
1150 East North Avenue, Fresno, CA 93725

Plaza Camino Real--Carlsbad

Plaza Camino Real, a regional shopping center in Carlsbad, California, has five major department stores, 145 specialty shops, and an average daily attendance of over 19,000 vehicles and 30,000 people. They started a full time recycling program in 1993, which has removed over 42 percent of volume from their waste stream. Since then, Plaza Camino Real has added green waste, construction metals, fixtures, food waste products, and all forms of plastics to their recycling efforts. This program now removes over 62 percent of the volume from the waste stream, has proven to be a model for the industry, and has reduced the cost of trash handling below 1993 costs.
2525 El Camino Real, Suite 100, Carlsbad, CA 92008

San Francisco Hilton and Towers--San Francisco

The San Francisco Hilton and Towers is the largest hotel on the West Coast, with 1,900 guest rooms and 110,000 square feet of meeting space. Since 1988 the hotel has pursued an aggressive program of waste reduction, recycling, on average, 50,000 pounds per month of cardboard, glass, aluminum, and paper, as well as oil. Over 40 tons of used mattresses, furniture, linens, dishes, flatware, office and kitchen equipment, computers, and TVs have been donated to more than 75 nonprofit organizations since 1995. Two recent innovations, installation of load-sending devices on air-handling units and thermostats with motion detectors, will save the hotel almost $500,000 per year in the cost of energy.
333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-2116

Sea World of California--San Diego

Sea World of California, an Anheuser-Busch theme park, is a leader in marine life education and entertainment and has a long history of protecting the environment. Sea World's recycling efforts have resulted in the diversion of 1,542,666 pounds of trash from local landfills. The "clean green" waste and cardboard recycling programs have resulted in more than 452,000 pounds of clean green waste and 576,000 pounds of cardboard recycled annually. Overall in 1996, Sea World of California's recycling program yielded a savings of $49,277.
1720 South Shores Road, San Diego, CA 92109

St. Bernardine Medical Center--San Bernardino

St. Bernardine Medical Center is a 215 bed acute-care medical center in San Bernardino, California. St. Bernardine Medical Center and its 1,500 employees are leading the way in San Bernardino for commercial recycling. The medical center now recycles or diverts nearly 35 percent of its trash while cutting its trash bill in half. This program includes recycling cardboard, paper, plastics, Styrofoam, metals, linens, etc. throughout the house, totaling over 80 tons since August 1, 1996. This housewide, comprehensive program has enabled the hospital to cut trash pickups in half, saving over $35,000 this year.
2101 North Waterman, San Bernardino, CA 92404

Warner Bros.--Burbank

Warner Bros. is a 108-acre motion picture and television studio resembling a small city, with a wide array of manufacturing construction and production services. Through a matching database of over 750 participants, Warner Bros. donates reusable materials to nonprofit and educational organizations. Since starting its recycling programs in 1990, Warner Bros. has increased its waste reduction rate six-fold, to a current diversion rate of more than 40 percent, saving waste hauling fees of $140,000 per year and generating over $80,000 from the sale of recyclables in the last two years.
4000 Warner Boulevard, Building 137, Room 1020, Burbank, CA 91522-1371

Last updated: March 06, 2008