FEATURE ARTICLE
S&C ELECTRIC MEXICANA: PATH TO 99% LANDFILL-FREE Composting & recycling efforts improve waste management
R esponsibly disposing of waste is how S&C Electric Mexicana is nearing our 99% landfill-free goal. “Our waste-management program focuses on recycling and composting waste to divert as much as possible from landfills,” says Mayra Macias, Assistant Manager, Safety & Environmental. Currently, our Mexico facility is 98% landfill-free. Three waste-management initiatives are helping meet our landfill-free goal: making recycling part of the culture, responsibly and safely disposing of fiberglass, and having the local community join our sustainability efforts.
PASOS PARA CREAR POPOSTA:
¿QUÉ SÍ PODEMOS DEPOSITAR EN NUESTRA CUBETA DE POPOSTA? 1.Realiza tu inscripción en HSE. 2.Te entregaremos 1 cubeta para juntar los residuos. 3.Separa tus residuos en la cubeta. Cuando tu cubeta este LLENA DE residuos, traerlos a S&C para su recolección. 4. Trabajarán los residuos y los transformarán en POposta. 5.
Cynthia Huitzil (SMD-20) participates in S&C Mexicana recycling program.
Team members bring home organic waste to S&C for composting.
COMPOSTING AT HOME LEADS TO RECYCLING AT WORK As part of our efforts to improve waste
OUR WASTE-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOCUSES ON RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING WASTE TO DIVERT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM LANDFILL.” —MAYRA MACIAS, ASSISTANT MANAGER, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL
management at our facility, we encourage team members to compost waste at home. “Our goal is to make recycling part of our culture,” says Mayra. In May, S&C Electric Mexicana started a home composting waste program. Team members voluntarily began separating and bringing compostables from home, such as organic food scraps and yard trimmings, to the facility for composting. Centro Ecológico El Huizache, an ecological center in Mexico, collects the compost waste weekly. Participating team members receive compost soil to plant trees and vegetables at home as a sustainable gift. So far, 26% of team members have participated in the program, composting approximately 50 cans of waste and saving 1,000 kilograms of waste per month. Since we started the program, we noticed an improvement in waste separation in our recycling bins, which improves our landfill-free status,” says Mayra.
Cecilia Gonzalez (Quality Assurance) on the left, collects compost from home with her mom and daughter.
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