About Us
Sustainability at Arcwood Environmental™
A summary of our annual sustainability efforts.
2024 by the Numbers
Waste Operations
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311 MT CO2e
Per million $ of revenue
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402,810 tons
Sustainably managed waste
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76,497 MWh
Steam recovered & available for reuse as heat
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15,840,364 gal
Treated wastewater returned for reuse
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40,248 tons
Hazardous Secondary Material / Alternative Fuel produced
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68,478 tons
Waste incinerated
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34,799 tons
Slag and ash generated
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13,432 tons
Recycled materials
People & Carbon
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1.0
Total recordable incident rate
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70%
Share of renewable electricity
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6.26 mpg
Average fuel efficiency for Class 8 vehicles
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18,061,684 mi
Transported via roadway
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743,520 mi
Transported by rail
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5,064 gal
Maintenance use oil recycled
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596
Maintenance tires retread
Energy Reduction Projects
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18
Total energy reduction projects:
- 10 Energy efficiency: building systems
- 6 Transportation fleet/vehicle replacement programs
- 2 Waste reduction and material circularity
How We Do It
Our Sustainability Approach
Natural Resource Stewardship
Minimizing GHG through Equipment/Supply Practices
- 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).
