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Zero Waste to Landfill Journey - Engaging Employees

Explore how Corning Optical Communications' Hickory Manufacturing and Technology Center successfully engages employees in their Zero Waste to Landfill journey, highlighting their environmental initiatives and employee involvement. Learn about optical fiber usage, products, and quality, as well as the benefits of employee engagement in environmental management systems.

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Zero Waste to Landfill Journey - Engaging Employees

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  1. Zero Waste to Landfill Journey - Engaging Employees Steve Street Senior Environmental, Health, and Safety Coordinator Corning Optical Communications – Hickory Manufacturing and Technology Center April 1, 2014

  2. >800 Visitors/Year Tour HMTC – Highlights • Largest Fiber Cable Plant in the world • Capacity/flexibility • Broad product portfolio • Product quality architecture • ISO 9001 / TL 9000 certified • Environmental and Safety • ISO 14001 • ESI Steward • OSHA VPP Star Site

  3. What Is Optical Fiber And How Is It Used? • Solid glass, but extremely thin • Has a plastic coating • Made into a cable for protection and function • Laser light is sent down one end • Light travels down the fiber and is sensed on the other end • A high speed “Morse Code”

  4. Two Primary Products (Indoor and Outdoor) • Indoor Cables • Up to 144 fibers • MIC • UMIC • Interlocking Armor • FREEDM™ Outdoor Cables • Up to 216 fibers • 4 Step Process • Major Customers • Telephone Companies • Cable TV Companies

  5. Provide quality optical fiber cable systems to our customers Managing Dispersion Reducing Cost of End Customer Connections Reducing Installation Expense Long Haul Access Submarine Metro Private Networks Corning Optical Communications Builds the Optical Layer

  6. Employee Engagement – A Key to Success • 2013 EMS objective to begin the journey of Zero Waste to Landfill. Goal to reduce landfill waste by 10%. • Process to achieve target – Employee Engagement driven by the Earth Day Team. • Team consists of employees throughout the organization and drives communication, promotes awareness and education, and strives to engage employees in the EMS. • Team developed plan for hosting HMTC’s sixth annual Earth Day event with a goal to engage everyone at HMTC in the Zero Landfill objective.

  7. Environmental SharePoint Rollout and Introduction

  8. Zero Landfill Challenge Introduced: HMTC’s Zero Landfill Challenge– “Think Outside the Dumpster” This challenge is for ALLemployees at HMTC • Employees participate with “Zero Landfill Challenge” Submission Form • Recognize employees throughout the year • Environmental Team drives the program.

  9. Benefits of Employees Engaged in the EMS • 86% of employees and resident contractors participated in last year’s event. • 359 environmental improvements completed. • Diverted 2,574,670 pounds of waste from the landfill through recycling, generating over $500,000 through revenue and landfill cost avoidance.

  10. Annual Landfill Waste Reduced 30% 66% Reduction

  11. Hickory Manufacturing and Technology Center Questions & Comments??

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