In 2010, Dordan CEO Daniel Slavin announced a goal of achieving zero-waste for Dordan's manufacturing and administrative processes. Dordan began working towards this goal by conducting a waste audit, which consists of quantifying the types of wastes produced in order to establish a baseline of waste generation off which to gauge progress. Upon completion of the first audit, it became clear that several waste streams were the most prominent and thus the best to begin isolating from landfill. Visit the sections below to learn about the steps Dordan has taken toward achieving zero-waste!
Pictured: Chandler Slavin, Dordan Sustainability Coordinator, before first waste audit
Prior to 2010:
Replaced the light fixtures in our factory that each used 455 watts of electricity with fixtures that each use 176 watts for a total electrical savings of 150,250 kilowatt-hours per year; this represents a reduction of approximately 150 tons of CO2 per year being released into the atmosphere annually.
All post-industrial scrap plastic is returned to the material manufacturers to be recycled into reprocessed plastic sheets or rolls.
All of our post-industrial scrap aluminum is sold to a metal scrap buyer; this material is remanufactured into new aluminum products.
We use pressed wood pallets for storage and shipment, which are made in the USA of pre- and post- consumer wood waste, are cradle to cradle certified, and considered source reducing because pressed wood pallets weigh 50% less than traditional wood pallets. This translates into roughly a 50% reduction in the number of trucks needed to transport our skids, which results in a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions.
Summer 2010:
Dordan constructs a composter out of post-industrial materials
Dordan begins composting food and yard waste
Spring 2011:
Dordan collects all post-industrial corrugate for recycling
In 2010, Dordan CEO Daniel Slavin announced a goal of achieving zero-waste for Dordan's manufacturing and administrative processes. Dordan began working towards this goal by conducting a waste audit, which consists of quantifying the types of wastes produced in order to establish a baseline of waste generation off which to gauge progress. Upon completion of the first audit, it became clear that several waste streams were the most prominent and thus the best to begin isolating from landfill. Visit the sections below to learn about the steps Dordan has taken toward achieving zero-waste!
