2023 Sustainability Report
We are proud to introduce the WIN Waste Innovations 2023 Sustainability Report
This inaugural report shows our sustainability efforts and achievements during the year 2022, and it offers a look at what our company is doing today to make an even greater impact in the near and distant future.
Despite great work to increase recycling rates, the world is making more waste than ever before. Humans are generating 82% more waste per person than we did in 1960.* Increases in overall waste generation are outpacing recycling participation rates, with no signs of slowing. The waste management industry can play an outsized role in the sustainability of our world. By recycling and recovering precious resources from the waste stream, we can reduce overall consumption of limited natural resources, and by engaging in sustainable end-of-life waste management methods, we can prevent greenhouse gas emissions, increase resource recovery, and generate renewable energy. Such work contributes to the transition to a more circular economic model, which is urgently needed to avoid dire environmental and social impacts. WIN Waste is proud to be a major driver in this transition.
Our commitment to sustainability is more important today than it ever has been. Demand for the essential services we provide is increasing, while landfills are rapidly filling and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions grows more pressing. This inaugural sustainability report shows our sustainability efforts and achievements during the year 2022, and it offers a look at what we’re doing today to make an even greater impact in the near and distant future.
*United States Environmental Protection Agency, “National Overview: Facts and Figures on Materials, Wastes, and Recycling,” last accessed May 4, 2023.
Annual Average
6.4M+
Tons of waste converted to renewable energy
340K+
Homes powered with renewable energy
4M+
Tons delivered by low-carbon rail
354K+
Tons of paper, plastic, and metals recycled
133K+
Tons of metal recovered
136K+
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Why It Matters |
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Diverted 6.4 million tons of waste from landfills |
Landfills produce methane, a greenhouse gas that has a global warming potential of more than 80 times that of carbon dioxide in its first 20 years. By converting waste into renewable energy, WIN Waste eliminates vast amounts of future greenhouse gas emissions. The United States Environmental Protection Agency recognizes waste-to-energy as the preferred method for end-disposal. |
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Recovered 133,350 tons of metals |
We put the commodities and valuable natural resources we sort and recover from the waste streams we handle into the hands of manufacturers who turn them into new products. This circular process reduces consumption of new raw materials. |
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Recycled |
72,517 tons of cardboard 23,673 tons of mixed paper 4,855 tons of glass 930 tons of aluminum 3,295 tons of plastics 115,518 tons of wood and concrete |
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Generated 3.2 million megawatts of renewable energy |
This is the equivalent of powering 340,000 homes or businesses, which is equivalent to avoiding:
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Achieved a 4-star rating (out of 5 stars) from the Global ESG Benchmark for Real Assets, aka GRESB |
WIN Waste is ranked in the top 5 companies globally for sustainability performance within our sector — environmental services-waste treatment. |
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Achieved a 58% reduction in lost-time safety incident frequency rate |
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Achieved a 13% reduction in total recordable safety incident frequency rate |
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Three WIN Waste sites received renewal of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program “Star” worksite status |
This is the highest safety rating OSHA bestows, and fewer than 1% of worksites in the United States achieve this designation. Nine WIN Waste sites have the VPP “Star” worksite status. |
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Removed 1 million pounds of litter in the communities we serve |
In partnership with 250 community organizations At 150 community events Activated 1,000+ volunteers, who contributed 10,000 hours |
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Received the Wildlife Habitat Council’s “Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Partnership,” which recognizes WIN Waste’s protection and management of the Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary in Saugus, Massachusetts |
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Received Wildlife Habitat Council accreditation in Gloucester, Massachusetts |
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