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Jeffrey J Baldassari
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Happy New Year Annabel. As you know, we set a zero waste goal and we are fairly close (90% diversion) at our Bedford factory. We have had the opportunity with a supplier to raise the issue of packaging materials because we were incurring UPS surchar…
Hi Jeff. Please contact Mike Dungan at BeeDance (330)607-8977 or mike.dungan@beedance.com. Mike is an excellent source for redirecting any waste.
Jeff, You mentioned that you made a collaboration with someone that uses the scrap wood for thermo-energy, might I ask how you found someone to partner with? We send scrap wood and skids to be shredded for mulch but if I could find someone that coul…
Last fiscal year Taylor diverted approximately 30,000 pounds of scrap lumber from local landfills by collaborating with local entities that use this scrap for thermo energy. While we will be continuing our collaboration with BeeDance to divert this…
I've learned through E4S that it's important to celebrate small successes. Well I have small success that we are celebrating. While we do recycle all cardboard at our factory (last year we reecycled approximately 3 tons of cardboard at our Bedford,…
When it comes to environmental stewardship, I am a big believer in transparency. Over the past several years, Taylor has made outstanding strides in our quest to reach zero manufacturing waste. Thanks to organizations like E4S and the Corporate Roun…
We manufacture upholstered wood chairs for offices in Bedford. We primarily use kiln-dried poplar and maple to construct our chair frames. From our woodshop production, we generate approximately 30,000 pounds of scrap lumber annually. This scap lumb…
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- The Taylor Companies
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- http://www..thetaylorcompanies.com
- What attracts you to the concept of zero waste?
- It's the right thing to do for the environment and for our bottom line.
- What is your organization doing to eliminate waste?
- We're over the 90% mark. We are composting all of our sawdust and wood scraps, upcycling our leather scraps and recycling paper, cardboard, excess fabric, post consumer plastric and pop bottles/cans
- What motivated you to join ZeroWasteNEO.org?
- Learn best practices, Network with others, Find ways to save money, Find potential clients
- What do you need to learn to be able to take action towards Zero Waste?
- Attend more E4S meetings in Cleveland and Akron. I will need to continue networking with individuals that posses an expertise in the diversion of wastestreams.
- Please describe your organization's waste reduction goals (i.e. zero waste by 2019).
- Our goal for fiscal year 2009-2010 (July 1-June 30) at our Bedford, Ohio facility is to further reduce our net annual waste hauling costs from $1,000 to a profit of $1,000. This represents a $20,000 swing from potential waste hauling costs as compared to actual if we did not take this initiative. At other factory in Lynwood, CA where we just started our zero waste initiative, it is our goal to reduce our annual 2009-2010 waste hauling costs from $19,000 to less than $16,000. I expect our West Coast team to exceed this first goal and set the stage for a more aggressive one for next fiscal year.
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Taylor's 2009-2010 "Off-All" Program
Last fiscal year Taylor diverted approximately 30,000 pounds of scrap lumber from local landfills by collaborating with local entities that use this scrap for thermo energy. While we will be continuing our collaboration with BeeDance to divert this scrap, we have employed a formal internal program to re-use a certain group of our lumber scrap ("off-all") for covered stock in our chair frames. By using "off-all" for covered stock, we will reduce our need to purchase virgin lumber and thus, play a… Continue
Posted on September 7, 2009 at 2:50pm — 2 Comments
Taylor's 2009-2010 Waste Goals
When it comes to environmental stewardship, I am a big believer in transparency. Over the past several years, Taylor has made outstanding strides in our quest to reach zero manufacturing waste. Thanks to organizations like E4S and the Corporate Roundtable and Sustainability Network, we have been able to meet and network with many talented and passionate individuals that have helped us tremendously in this journey. Without their help and the education we have received by attending their respectiv… Continue
Posted on July 18, 2009 at 3:34pm —
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- At 3:32pm on September 7, 2009,
Bridget Schmitz said… - Hi Jeff,
Thank you very much, I am enjoying job searching so far because I am learning so much about various organizations and businesses but I am sure I won't have that same outlook when it is close to graduation! Anyhow, Notorious would be a great word to describe my internship experience. I was very appreciative of all the opportunities offered!
It was nice to meet you over the summer, and I will keep in contact.
Bridget
- At 4:32pm on August 31, 2009,
Annabel Khouri said… - Hi Jeff,
Great work on the cardboard change with your leather supplier....thanks for sharing that on the site! Hopefully others will work with their suppliers to find similar triple bottom line benefits. Afterall, it is reduce....then reuse....then recycle!
Annabel
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