Waste reduction

Reducing waste supports our operations and our communities

We focus our waste reduction efforts on diverting waste from the landfill in order to reduce our environmental footprint, conserve valuable operational resources and help the communities that we serve.

Our commitment to reducing waste sent to landfill

By 2030, we aim to achieve zero waste-to-landfill status at 100% of our manufacturing facilities. At the same time, we are committed to reducing the volume of waste generated by 2% annually.

We achieve our ZWTL initiatives by reuse, recycling, composting and incineration for energy generation. We use third-party verification to ensure the quality of our program. Our approach prioritizes beneficial diversion, and the process starts with source reduction — eliminating waste streams before they reach our facilities. We then engage partners to help us divert our remaining waste from landfill.

All Eaton sites must manage waste responsibly in accordance with regulations and our internal EHS Management (MESH) standards, including identifying all waste streams and creating waste minimization plans.

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Our goal is to have all our manufacturing sites be zero waste-to-landfill certified by 2030
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Annual percentage reduction in waste to landfill in 2020
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The percentage of manufacturing waste in 2020 diverted away from landfills through reuse, recycling, composting or waste-to-energy
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Perspectives
Strategies to take packaging out of the waste stream
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Organizations are responding to the call from both consumers and government regulators to minimize packaging and reduce, or eliminate, single-use waste. Learn the many ways of keeping packaging material out of landfill.

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