Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP)

1998 WRAP of the Year

The 1998 WRAP of the Year winners are:

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Anheuser Busch, Inc.--Los Angeles Brewery--Van Nuys

The Los Angeles Brewery of Anheuser-Busch, Inc., located in Van Nuys, California, is the world's third largest brewery manufacturing and packaging twelve million barrels of various malt beverages. Since 1994, the brewery has reduced the tonnage of solid waste destined for landfills by 978 tons, or 61 percent. In 1995, the brewery built a Bioenergy Recovery System which has reduced the outgoing BOD waste water load to local municipalities by 72 percent, saving the brewery approximately six million dollars annually.
15800 Roscoe Boulevard, Van Nuys, CA 91406

Baxter Healthcare Corporation--Novacor Division - Oakland

Novacor is a manufacturer of an implantable heart assist device. Novacor recycled 55 percent of waste and saved approximately $11,000 in 1997 due to recycling and waste minimization.
7799 Pardee Lane, Oakland, CA 94621

Doubletree Hotel at Fisherman's Wharf--Monterey

Doubletree Hotel at Fisherman's Wharf is a 380 room full service hotel located in Monterey, CA. The hotel recycles or reuses virtually every waste item generated, including furniture, carpet, cardboard, paper glass, aluminum, cooking oil, phone books, newspaper, sheets, towels, wire hangers, and laser toner cartridges. The hotel recently recycled nearly 400 toilets, which diverted 15 tons of porcelain from the landfill. Since the hotel began its recycling program in 1990, it is estimated over three million pounds of waste has been diverted from the landfill, resulting in a cumulative cost savings of over $15,000 in disposal fees.
2 Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA 93940

Gardeners' Guild, Inc.--San Rafael

Gardeners' Guild, Inc. is a community oriented landscape management firm serving over 200 clients in the Bay Area. The company improved its "top line" while reducing its waste disposal costs during 1998. Linda Novy, President and CEO, says "We owe this to client education. With their willingness to let us grass cycle, chip up, brush and mulch beds, and donate plants to non profit organizations, we have been able to make great strides in converting our waste stream to resource recovery!" Gardeners' Guild staff separate material at its facility to strategically target materials to their proper recycling receptacles. The company believes that managing waste saves money and resources, the key to sustainable business practices.
2143 East Francisco Boulevard, San Rafael, CA 94901

HDB Electronics--Redwood City

HDB Electronics, an employee-owned electronics distributor with 13 employees controls waste through reuse and recycling of packaging materials. Ninety percent of HDB's paper products are made from recycled material and their forms and invoices are designed to reduce paper usage. By recycling and redesigning office forms, HDB has annually reduced landfilled waste by 8,540 gallons of mixed office paper and saved $4,188.
2860 Spring Street, Redwood City, CA 94063

Marin Conservation Corps--San Rafael

In 1982, the Marin Conservation Corp (MCC) became the first local nonprofit conservation corps in the nation. Since then, MCC has been dedicated to preserving Marin's natural resources and to providing young adults with meaningful and marketable job skills. MCC is founded upon conservation ethic that is pervasive throughout the organization. MCC provides recycling and reuse education to thousands of children, performs numerous conservation activities throughout Marin, and provides recycling collection services to public lands throughout the county, and MCC has adopted these practices in its offices.
27 Larkspur Street, San Rafael, CA 94901

Printer's Ink--Woodland

Printer's Ink is a complete printer specializing in publications. Unless specified otherwise by customers, all house paper, stock, etc. is recycled and is recyclable. In three years paper waste has been reduced to almost nothing. Printer's Ink's goal is to print only on recycled content products and currently they are at approximately 95 percent.
459 Cleveland Street, Woodland, CA 95695

Redwood Landscaping--Santa Rosa

Redwood Landscaping is a diverse commercial landscape contracting firm serving the following counties: Sonoma, Marin, Solano, Yolo and Sacramento. Due to diligent efforts, there have been significant reductions in the amount of waste through composting, communications, education, donations, and reuse efforts. In addition, in some of the service areas it has been possible to utilize mowers that provide 100 percent mulching capacity. In conjunction with the local waste management company and a local yard materials vendor, recent changes have made it possible to update recycling to include the majority of paper waste generated in the office and the majority of yard waste generated in the field. This has created savings of over $120,000 in dumping fees alone! Efforts to educate clients in the areas where their participation is essential in obtaining successful recycling goals is ongoing.
2917 Petaluma Hill Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Smurfit Newsprint Corp. of California--Pomona

Smurfit Newsprint of California is a 100 percent recycled newsprint mill. Smurfit employees' internal recycling program has reduced their waste stream by over 80 percent. Recycling funds go to local charities such as the YMCA, YWCA and the House of Ruth. Smurfit's recycling efforts have also helped fund college scholarships for employees' dependents.
P.O. Box 2364, Pomona, CA 91769

The Gillette Company, Stationery Products Group-- Santa Monica

The Gillette Company's Stationery Products Group, located in Santa Monica, manufactures ball point pens, felt tip pens, markers, and pencils under the Papermate brand name. The facility is active in reuse and recycling, reducing over 78 percent of waste to landfill. Materials recycled include paper, newspaper, computers, cardboard, cans, glass, plastic, wood, steel, brass, stainless steel, electrical wire, construction materials, steel drums, wood pallets, plastic, cutting oil, and hydraulic oil. Usable items such as computers, furniture, aluminum cans, or writing supplies are donated to schools or charities. The Gillette Company has been a winner of the WRAP award four years in a row.
1681 26th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404

Last updated: March 06, 2008