PLZ ESG REPORT 2021 RESULTS
OUR APPROACH TO ESG SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
Beneficial Reuse We are particularly proud of the reuse programs in place at two of our manufacturing facilities in Missouri where innovative processes and partnerships were developed to capture materials that would have otherwise gone directly to waste outlets. Instead, now we reuse, repurpose, or recycle them. At our Pacific and St. Clair, Missouri, manufacturing facilities we repurpose or beneficially reuse 100% of our liquid manufacturing waste, which includes solvents that would alternatively need to be disposed of as a hazardous waste. This waste is captured and hauled to a cement kiln where it is used as an alternative fuel source to power the kiln. Some of this waste is also used in place of virgin solvents to perform equipment flushes. Once the flush material has served that purpose, it is also then used as an alternative fuel to help power the kiln. Our teams are actively searching for strategic partners that can repurpose bulk solvent waste in pursuit of expanding the beneficial reuse solvent program to other PLZ facilities.
FORWARD-LOOKING GOALS
PLZ Corp is committed to continuously improving and expanding upon our operational waste and recycling efforts with near-term goals focused around:
• Developing a system to track and monitor all waste metrics
• Achieving reductions in landfilled waste annually via recycling programs
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