GM vows to boost recycling at plants

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General Motors said today that it plans to make 80 of its largest global manufacturing plants "landfill free" in a bid to reduce impact on the environment and increase revenue from recycling materials.

Recently, 33 global operations have reached landfill-free status -- meaning all production waste or garbage is recycled -- bringing the total number of landfill-free operations to 43.

"As we develop new solutions in vehicle propulsion, GM is also making significant progress in reducing the impact of our worldwide facilities," Gary Cowger, GM group vice president of global manufacturing and labor, said in a company statement.

In addition, global recycling efforts produce about $1 billion in annual revenue in metal scrap sales.

In North America, GM expects to generate about $16 million in revenue from the sale of recycled cardboard, metal, wood, oil, plastic and other materials.

GM expects to convert 50,000 tons of waste material to energy at waste-to-energy sites. About 3 million tons will be recycled or reused.

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/ANA02/809059984/1186

Take that Subaru (their ONE lone US plant is land-fill free) and NONE of the other Japanese transplants claim land-fill free in the US.

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1. I guess since it doesn't involve god Hondoyota, no one cares