July 6, 2009
IBM Plastics Recycling Performance Wanes
Compared to heady growth in recycling figures from 2004 to 2006, IBM’s more recent performance on using recycled plastics has dropped slightly, with the percentage of locations meeting recycling goals dropping precipitously. However, the company’s commitment to renewable energy continues to inch upwards.
Just 41 percent of IBM locations met their annual recycling goals in 2008, down from 52 percent in 2007 and 63 percent in 2006, according to IBM’s 2008 Corporate Responsibility Report (PDF), which includes information from 2008, as well as snippets from the first half of 2009. In….
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