Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP)

2001 WRAP of the Year

The 2001 WRAP of the Year winners are:

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Anheuser Busch, Inc. (Fairfield Brewery)

The Anheuser-Busch, Fairfield Brewery produces over four million barrels of beer. Located along I-80 in Fairfield, Solano County, the brewery was designed with pollution prevention in mind by recycling 98.8 percent of its waste and by-products (over 102,000 tons/year) during the year 2000. The brewery saves over 100 billion BTUs of energy recovered from a closed loop heat recovery system. The Fairfield brewery is the only brewery within the U.S. to be certified ISO 14001. Examples of recycling and reclaiming include over 310,000 gallons of ethanol was produced from waste/recovered beer, over 99,980 tons of grain was recovered and used for livestock feed, and over 270 tons of beech wood chips were collected for off-site composting or energy recovery.

Fender Musical Instruments Corp.--Corona

Fender Musical Instruments Corp. located in Corona, manufactures world-class electric guitars, bass guitars, and amplifiers. Fender's commitment to waste reduction begins with employee education and awareness. In addition, they continuously test new technologies and evaluate their manufacturing process. This ongoing program has allowed Fender to optimize the use of raw materials as well as considerably reduce the amount of wood waste and wood processing products produced. Every Fender guitar, bass, and amplifier is a first-rate product which is shipped in packaging made from 33 to 66 percent recycled material. The packaging carries the WRAP logo to encourage the customer to recycle and reuse.

IBM Corp. Storage Technology Division--San Jose

IBM San Jose, is the worldwide headquarters for the Storage Technology Division (STD), focusing on development, manufacture and marketing of leading storage technology products and storage solutions for IBM customers and original equipment manufacturers (OEM). IBM San Jose is committed to tackling all aspects of waste minimization. This site's solid waste program's recycling efforts extend beyond the traditional materials (e.g., paper, glass, metals and plastics) to include clean polystyrene cafeteria and packaging wastes to ink toner cartridges, clean construction debris, and sodium bicarbonate waste and glass disk rejects from the wafer and disk manufacturing processes, respectively. In 2000, IBM San Jose recycled nearly 81 percent (4,638 tons) of the solid waste generated at this site. The site also leads the STD Environmentally Conscious Products (ECP) program. With their guidance, STD continues to decrease the use of nonreusable packaging in products. Other improvements include an increase in the number of plastic parts marked for future recycling/reuse, from nine part numbers in 1999 to 40 in 2000, and the mass of recycled plastic used in products (around 462,000 pounds in 2000). Through its ISO 14001-registered environmental management system, IBM San Jose has committed to continual improvement of its waste reduction efforts.

Korbel Champagne Cellars--Guerneville

Korbel Champagne Cellars is the largest producer nationally of methode champenoise and the fourth largest producer of brandy. We have dedicated a Waste Control Technician to oversee and implement programs that have reduced landfill costs by 60 percent and recycling of 1,500 tons of cardboard, 200 tons of glass and stretch paper, 40-50 tons of scrap metal, office paper, phone books, and shredded paper, 42.5 tons of crown caps, and about 15 tons of plastic bidules annually.

Pacific Bell Directory--San Francisco

Pacific Bell Directory is one of the nation's leading publishers of telephone directories, supplying one of the most recognizable and utilized references in 15 million California homes and businesses, the Pacific Bell SMART Yellow Pages. Pacific Bell Directory's environmental efforts start with manufacturing directories that are completely recyclable and contain a high percentage of post-consumer waste, and end with annual coordination with hundreds of communities across the state to make phone book recycling convenient for residents and businesses. Most outdated Pacific Bell SMART Yellow Pages are recycled into new telephone book paper, as well as remittance envelopes used for Pacific Bell phone bill payments, household insulation, breakfast cereal boxes, cardboard boxes, agricultural packaging, stationery and more.

Philips Semiconductors Inc.--Sunnyvale

Philips Semiconductors Inc., of Sunnyvale, is part of Philips Electronics N.V., an international electronics manufacturing firm that has headquarters in the Netherlands. Sunnyvale operations include semiconductor device design, testing, research and development laboratories. Since 1992, Philips Electronics N.V. has distinguished itself through adoption of the "Philips Global Environmental Policy", committing the entire Philips family of companies to sustainability and pollution prevention. Each operating company within the Philips family adopts environmental policies specific to their line of business. Philips Semiconductors Inc. of Sunnyvale established the Envision program (Solid Waste Recycling Team) in 1998 and Helping the Environment by Revising the Operations System (H.E.R.O.S.) in 1996. These two teams helped in building the foundation of their "3 R" program (reducing, recycling, and reusing activities). Since 1998, the facility achieved their goal to reach above a 70 percent recycling rate. For the year 2000, the facility increased its recycling efforts by 40,000 pounds and saved approximately $200,000, compared to 1999, by not sending materials to the landfill.

Sacramento Zoological Society--Sacramento

The Sacramento Zoo is a 14-acre botanical and animal park located in the heart of Sacramento. In line with the zoo's mission of "inspiring appreciation, understanding, and respect for all living things," the zoo is actively involved in promoting waste reduction and recycling. In 2001, the Sacramento Zoo's on-site recycling program prevented over 15,131 pounds of cardboard, glass, aluminum and tin from entering landfills. Funds raised for the zoo's recycling program are used both to augment recycling on zoo grounds and to benefit other wildlife conservation organizations.

SMG/The Moscone Center--San Francisco

As San Francisco's premier convention facility, the 1.3 million square foot Moscone Center hosts nearly three million visitors and more than 85 trade shows, meetings, and conventions annually. SMG, a private facility, has managed The Moscone Center for the City and County of San Francisco since construction in 1981. Prior to recycling, the Moscone Center disposed of over 2,000 tons of waste in 719 bin compactors and debris box pulls at a cost of nearly $525,000 annually. Through the implementation of waste reduction programs and the cooperation of various unions, SMG reduced the Moscone Center's waste stream by over 65 percent (volume), diverting 800 tons of materials. This diversion included a donation of 200 tons of goods, and cut garbage costs significantly, despite a 12 percent rate increase.

The City Market of Los Angeles

The City Market of Los Angeles is the oldest terminal produce market in continuous wholesale operation in the City of Los Angeles with 35 wholesale merchants providing the fresh fruit and vegetables to millions of people in the city, State and even internationally each year. Thirty to fifty tons of vegetable trimmings and uneatable produce per week have begun a new life as compost since the market began source separating and sending this material as feed stock for a composting operation in Ventura County. Recently, the company has been sending organic waste to a local livestock farmer for feed. The market has achieved a remarkable diversion rate well in excess of legislated goals. Each ton of diverted organic waste saves the market merchants $24 of disposal costs. Each ton of recycled cardboard saves about $36 plus whatever revenue it generates. There are costs associated with recycling, as well; but the long-term benefits of the market's commitment outweigh short run costs. This commitment continues to strengthen.

Yost Printers & Lithographers--Monrovia

Yost Printers & Lithographers is a 69-year-old printing and bindery company in Monrovia. They have demonstrated, by the reuse of packaging materials and the selling of recyclable products, a few of the ways they have achieved a 94 percent recycle rate of their waste at a considerable cost savings to their organization.

Last updated: March 06, 2008