Saint-Gobain Achieves 49% Waste Reduction with Sustainability Milestones
Saint-Gobain North America, through its CertainTeed Roofing division, has successfully reduced landfill waste at its Shreveport facility by 49% in the past year. This achievement was made possible by constructing a new recycling area designed to separate waste materials and minimize cross-contamination, significantly expanding the site's recycling capabilities and cutting the volume of waste sent to landfills.
Recognized as one of Saint-Gobain North America's top sustainability initiatives in 2023, this project aligns with the company's global Grow and Impact strategy, which sets ambitious environmental goals, including achieving zero waste-to-landfill across all operations.
The Shreveport plant, operating for nearly a century, implemented incremental measures to reduce its environmental impact. Among these was the construction of containment areas using steel salvaged from on-site demolition projects, ensuring effective segregation and recycling of waste materials.
“As a leader in light and sustainable construction, minimizing our environmental footprint is central to our mission,” said Carmen Bodden, President of CertainTeed Roofing. “This landfill reduction project serves as a model for other facilities. Congratulations to Shannan McKinnon and the entire Shreveport team for showcasing how we Make the World a Better Home.”
This initiative builds on several other recent sustainability milestones for Saint-Gobain:
Recognized as one of Saint-Gobain North America's top sustainability initiatives in 2023, this project aligns with the company's global Grow and Impact strategy, which sets ambitious environmental goals, including achieving zero waste-to-landfill across all operations.
The Shreveport plant, operating for nearly a century, implemented incremental measures to reduce its environmental impact. Among these was the construction of containment areas using steel salvaged from on-site demolition projects, ensuring effective segregation and recycling of waste materials.
“As a leader in light and sustainable construction, minimizing our environmental footprint is central to our mission,” said Carmen Bodden, President of CertainTeed Roofing. “This landfill reduction project serves as a model for other facilities. Congratulations to Shannan McKinnon and the entire Shreveport team for showcasing how we Make the World a Better Home.”
This initiative builds on several other recent sustainability milestones for Saint-Gobain:
- October 2023: Announced CarbonLow™, a wallboard line with up to 60% less embodied carbon, to be produced at North America’s first zero-carbon wallboard facility in Montreal by 2025.
- October 2023: Launched RenuCore™, a technology for recycling asphalt shingles into hot mix asphalt paving.
- September 2023: Achieved net-zero manufacturing at the Ceramics division’s Surface Conditioning facility in Anaheim, California.
- August 2023: Improved practices at the Charleston, South Carolina, glass mat plant, saving over 4,500 MWh of energy annually.
- July 2023: Introduced smart water submetering systems and equipment upgrades at the CertainTeed Siding facility in Jackson, Michigan, saving over 10 million gallons of water per year.
- April 2023: Secured Core Living Building Ready designation from the International Living Future Institute for the CertainTeed Innovation Center in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
- March 2023: Reduced manufacturing emissions by 96% at three U.S.-based CertainTeed Siding facilities.
- February 2023: Installed a heat recovery system at the Vancouver, British Columbia, gypsum plant, achieving a 15% reduction in Scope 1 carbon emissions.
These efforts reflect Saint-Gobain's steadfast commitment to advancing sustainability across its operations.
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