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My sense for recycling came from my mother.
She was raised in Mexico and had very little.
When we were kids she would take us back to show us where she came from.
And we would take whatever we didn't use—we would donate it
so others could benefit.
And now I'm doing it here. [Hope Gonzalez, Environmental Specialist, Environmental Health and Safety]
In South Carolina (U.S.A.), Boeing is committed to
zero waste to landfill and committed to LEED certification of new buildings.
The zero waste to landfill program means that everything we generate—
all the crates, the packaging, the cardboard—
none of it gets to the landfill; it is all recycled, or it is burned for energy recovery.
We expect to generate and recycle
approximately 3,000 tons of solid waste. That's a lot.
LEED means leadership in energy and environmental design.
It is making your building efficient.
It is conservation of water, resources, electricity, and air quality.
So developing systems within your building that use less resources.
When we installed our solar roof we doubled the solar power
generated here in South Carolina.
Our solar roof generates 20% of our energy.
And the remaining amount is purchased from renewable energy sources.
It's changing hearts and minds and what they're doing today
and how it's going to impact their tomorrow.
So it's very difficult, and it's very new to some people.
And to some people it's the program, and they are on board.
It would be nice to say, "Yeah—we are 100%. It's achieved."
But—it's a continual process in improvement.
I'm never crossing that finish line—I'm just crossing the next finish line.
[Boeing]