About Us
Sustainability at Arcwood Environmental™
A summary of our annual sustainability efforts.
2023 by the Numbers
Human Resources
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30.8 %
Women in executive roles
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3.8 %
Minorities in executive roles
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27 %
Women in workforce
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28.4 %
Minorities in workforce
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9.7 %
Veterans in workforce
Waste Operations
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308 MT CO2e
per million $ of revenue
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242,331,466 lbs
Steam recovered and available for reuse as heat
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17,801,234 gal
Treated wastewater returned for reuse
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45,809 tons
Hazardous Secondary Material/Alternative Fuel produced
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73,236 tons
Waste incinerated
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21,720 tons
Slag and ash generated
Transport
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6.2 mpg
Average fuel efficiency for Class 8 vehicles
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19,456,684 mi
Transported via roadway
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616,653 mi
Transported by rail
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6,200 gal
Maintenance use oil recycled
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597
Maintenance tires retread
Energy Reduction Projects
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15
Total energy reduction projects:
- 1 Company policy/behavioral change
- 5 Energy efficiency - building systems
- 3 Energy efficiency - production processes
- 3 Waste reduction and material circularity
- 3 Transportation fleet/vehicle replacement programs
How We Do It
Our Sustainability Approach
Natural Resource Stewardship
Minimizing scope 1 GHG: Transportation equipment improvements and rail priority reduces fossil fuel usage.
- Reducing Scope 1: Transportation equipment improvements and rail priority reduces fossil fuel usage.
- Reducing Scope 1 and 2 GHG: Implemented operational practices at our incinerators that conserve and select energy use mode with lowest impact (reducing electricity and natural gas, including reclaimed fuel source).
- Reducing Scope 3 Good and Services: Use of waste with appropriate chemical constituents in place of virgin chemicals.
Harnessing Energy Potential
Creating New Energy Sources from Waste
- The energy value in certain waste play a large role in powering our incinerators.
- We produce Hazardous Secondary Material Fuel for cement kilns that becomes a direct replacement for fossil fuels.
- Steam recovered from our incinerator is converted to heat.
Toxicity Mitigation
Reducing Toxics in the Environment
- Our incineration process prevents compounds from entering the environment and greatly reduces the amount of waste volumes destined for the landfill.
- Our wastewater treatment processes remove heavy metals and return clean water to the environment.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Common Practices and innovative Solutions
- We reduce, reuse, and recycle containers, pallets, bulbs, electronics and other typical industrial items.
- We develop and implement innovative solutions for customers’ specific waste issues.
- We identify commercially viable uses for materials that were once destined for disposal (turning waste into feed stocks).
