Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CWST), one of the largest
recyclers and most experienced fully integrated resource management
companies in the Eastern United States, recently honored six of its
customers for their leadership in sustainability as part of
Casella’s annual Sustainability Leadership Awards.
The Casella Sustainability Leadership Awards represent
innovation and commitment to creating a better tomorrow by
showcasing each recipients’ sustainable material management
practices. Recipients were selected from a range of segments,
including municipalities, colleges and universities, industrial
manufacturers, food and beverage producers, and more.
“We are thrilled to acknowledge and celebrate the sustainability
achievements of these organizations with our 2023 Sustainability
Leadership Awards,” said John W. Casella, Chairman and CEO of
Casella. “This year’s recipients represent innovation and
leadership in the sustainability space, and we are honored to work
alongside them providing services to help advance their materials
management initiatives.”
Recognized organizations are highlighted on casella.com/sla,
which features stories of resource sustainability excellence in the
areas of partnership, innovation, recycling, organics recovery,
donations and reuse, circular economy, and education.
“As our own sustainability journey evolves and continues
forward, we are grateful to all our customers, who inspire us to
continuously improve each day, and we look forward to honoring them
in this manner each year,” said Casella.
2023 Casella Sustainability Leadership Award
Winners
Boston University has entrusted Casella to help
implement one of the country’s leading campus resource management
and zero-waste strategies. Since launch, Casella has supported many
of the campus’ initiatives including compost pilot programs,
zero-waste events, a lab plastics recycling pilot program, a
sustainability intern program, waste audits, and more, as well as
worked to right-size service and improve efficiencies across campus
using innovative technology.
The City of Worcester, Massachusetts is one of
Casella’s largest municipal partners across the company’s operating
footprint. The city has been dedicated to improving recycling
quality by reducing contamination and, together with Casella,
deployed dozens of measures to improve recycling habits, including
the incorporation of new bins, educational materials, curbside
audits, bin tagging, and community events, resulting in an almost
50 percent reduction in contamination. Their efforts are setting
the standard for other municipalities in Central Massachusetts and
beyond.
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast is one of the
nation’s largest Coca-Cola bottlers. Since 2016, the partnership
between Coca-Cola Northeast and Casella has grown to encompass 26
branches, 46 vendors, and 36 managed waste and recycling streams.
Today, Coca-Cola Northeast locations have collectively contributed
to an impressive diversion rate of 93.7 percent, a testament to
their devotion of time, effort, and resources to creating a more
sustainable future for generations to come.
Nestlé Purina’s manufacturing facility in
Allentown, Pennsylvania produces quality food for pets while
implementing sustainable business practices. In collaboration with
Casella, Nestlé has prioritized the recovery of organics,
cardboard, LDPE film, and pallets, in addition to helping redirect
an additional 2,300 tons per year of unsellable pet food away from
incineration.
Wake Robin, a continuing care retirement
community in Shelburne, Vermont, has made the responsible
stewardship of resources part of its core mission. The community
has fully implemented Casella’s Zero-Sort Recycling, compost, and
municipal solid waste services, in addition to establishing their
own initiatives, such as the Wake Robin Green Committee and Climate
Action Taskforce, to further explore and expand on-site
sustainability programs with the support of residents, staff, and
administration.
The WooSox, Triple-A affiliate of the Boston
Red Sox, in Worcester, Massachusetts took the field at Polar Park
for its first home game in May 2021, marking the redevelopment of a
12-acre parking lot brownfield into a valued community resource. As
the stadium’s preferred waste and recycling provider, Casella has
proudly supported the WooSox’s commitment to environmental
stewardship with waste, recycling, and organics services while
providing educational resources for the Worcester community.
Award recipient photos are available upon request.
About Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., headquartered in Rutland, Vermont,
is one of the largest recyclers and most experienced fully
integrated resource management companies in the Eastern United
States. Founded in 1975 as a single truck collection service,
Casella has grown its operations to provide solid waste collection
and disposal, transfer, recycling, and organics services to more
than one million residential, commercial, municipal, institutional,
and industrial customers and provides professional resource
management services to over 10,000 customer locations in more than
40 states.
For further information, investors should contact Jason Mead,
SVP Finance & Treasurer at (802) 772-2293, and media should
contact Jeff Weld, Director of Communications at (802) 772-2234, or
visit the company’s website at www.casella.com.
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