Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP)

1996 WRAP of the Year

The Waste Reduction Awards Program, WRAP, recognizes California businesses that have made outstanding efforts to reduce nonhazardous waste and send less garbage to our landfills. "WRAP of the Year" recognizes ten of the best examples of these efforts, which serve as waste management models to the rest of their industry.

The 1996 WRAP of the Year winners are:

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Amdahl Corporation--Sunnyvale

Amdahl provides large-scale, high-performance, general-purpose computer systems, storage, software and communications products, and client-server hardware systems for the open systems marketplace. Since 1993, Amdahl has been recycling all of their waste wood and cardboard. Last year Amdahl expanded its recycling program to include polystyrene, polyurethane, polyethylene, and loose fill. These new programs, along with their long-term paper, aluminum, and glass recycling, contributed to an 86 percent reduction in trash hauled to landfill between 1994 and 1995.
P.O. Box 3470, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3470

Beaulieu Vineyard--Rutherford

Beaulieu Vineyard, accustomed to earning gold, silver, and bronze awards for its fine varietal wines, was designated as a 1996 WRAP of the Year winner as one of California's top ten waste busters. Beaulieu Vineyard has been in the premium wine business since 1900 and produces approximately 600,000 cases annually. A proud three-year WRAP winner, Beaulieu Vineyard credits its employees with a large measure of its success. The company donates, reuses, composts, or recycles paper, glass, cardboard, wood barrels, corks, and pomace. In 1996 the winery earned approximately $52,000 from the sale of recyclable materials and saved $10,000 in landfill costs.
1960 St. Helena Highway, Rutherford, CA 94573

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.--Salinas

Since 1943, Dole Fresh Vegetables has been an industry leader and innovator. Dole markets more than 40 fresh vegetables, shipping throughout North America and the world. Dole has implemented a recycling incentive program for its 4,000 employees and provides cash rewards for the best ideas for reducing costs and protecting the environment. Dole currently diverts 240 tons of culled produce each day, or about 46,080 tons annually, from the landfill to its ten-acre composting site. These efforts save Dole $1,122,240 in dumping fees. A large user of wood pallets, Dole recycled 34,407 pallets and 365 bins in 1995.
P.O. Box 1759, Salinas, CA 93902

Hewlett Packard Company--Roseville

Hewlett Packard (HP) is a worldwide manufacturer of computers and related equipment. Hewlett Packard has designed and implemented an extraordinarily successful solid waste management program—one which has realized the recycling and reuse of a phenomenal 91 percent of total refuse generated at the HP Roseville, California campus. This program not only recycles cardboard and paper products, but extends to reusing bubble wrap and recycling polyethylene and wood pallets. A grand total of 23.4 million pounds of materials were diverted from the landfill during the past year, saving 1.3 million dollars in disposal costs for Hewlett Packard.
8000 Foothills Boulevard, MS 5570, Roseville, CA 95747-5570

Mad River Brewing Company--Blue Lake

Mad River Brewing Company, a member of the Blue Lake business community since 1989 and a two-year WRAP winner, produces Steelhead Extra Pale Ale and Extra Stout, as well as Jamaica Brand Red Ale. The company's commitment to the principles of conservation have allowed it to grow at an annual rate of 50 percent per year, while continuing to reduce its potential solid waste production by 97 percent. Despite immense growth in 1995 and 1996, the company still only produces two trash cans of waste per week! Mad River Brewing Company's reduction, reuse, remanufacture, and recycling efforts have resulted in job creation and energy savings and have saved this small company tens of thousands of dollars by diverting nearly 2,000 cubic yards of potential waste products. Mad River Brewing Company plans to use its brewing wastes to enhance local wetlands and restore wildlands and wildlife and is an enthusiastic supporter of the Salmonid Restoration Federation.
195 Taylor Way, Blue Lake, CA 95525

San Diego Wild Animal Park-Zoological Society of San Diego - Escondido

The San Diego Wild Animal Park is one of Southern California's premiere attractions, visited by 1.6 million people each year. In addition to its work preserving many of the world's most critically endangered animal species, the Wild Animal Park works hard to preserve habitats by reducing the use of natural resources derived of wild areas--such resources as trees, mined ores, and water—and encourages its guest and members to do likewise. The Wild Animal Park practices wise use of office and other supplies, recycles containers and paper products, composts a huge amount of organic waste otherwise bound for landfill, and treats water for secondary and even tertiary uses on property. Nearly 23,000 tons of debris are recycled each year, representing a 96 percent reduction of waste which otherwise would have been landfilled. This represents a savings of $1,014,070 per year in dump and hauling expenses.
15500 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027-7017

Sierra-at-Tahoe--Twin Bridges

Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort is a winter sports facility offering downhill skiing, snowboarding, and telemark skiing. Sierra-at-Tahoe encourages guests and employees alike to recycle at work and home through a collection program at Sierra-at-Tahoe. During 1995, Sierra's guests and employees recycled enough paper, plastic, aluminum, glass, and cardboard to completely fill three semi-truck trailers. Because of Sierra's dedication to precycling and recycling, waste generated at Sierra has decreased 44 percent since 1993. Recyclable and reusable materials are donated to local organizations.
1111 Sierra-at-Tahoe Road, Twin Bridges, CA 95735

South Bay Medical Center--Redondo Beach

South Bay Medical Center began its waste reduction program on earth day 1993. A three-year WRAP winner, South Bay Medical Center has also been recognized by the City of Redondo Beach for its proactive approach to meeting the goals of the Integrated Waste Management Act. South Bay's waste reduction program has enabled it to reduce disposal and related costs by 50 percent and save over $150,000 since the program's inception. How? By analyzing its purchasing practices, by replacing many disposable and nonrecyclable products with ones that are recyclable and reusable, and by reducing unnecessary packaging waste. In the cafeteria and dietary departments, disposable items have been cut by 80 percent, resulting in annual disposal reduction or 6.8 tons per year.
514 North Prospect Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Target Stores

Target Stores is a quality discount department store chain dedicated to improving the quality of life for its team members and guests in 34 states. Through recycling and waste reduction efforts, Target stores have reduced the weight of their garbage by 75 percent. In one year alone, Target achieved an 80 percent trashless packaging level (no pins, tissue, clips, tape, or individual bags) in its softlines area.

The Walt Disney Company--Burbank

The Walt Disney Company is recognized as the world's leading provider of family entertainment with business segments in theme parks, resorts, motion picture and television production, and consumer products. Disney's company-wide Environmentality program serves as an incentive to 21,000 California cast members and employees—encouraging them to reduce, reuse, and recycle both at home and at work. Recycling throughout the entire company reached an all-time-high rate of 80,000 tons in 1995--an increase of more than 1,000 percent since 1991. A program introduced in 1995 to reuse motion picture and television sets has saved Disney $528,000. The donation of waste paint has eliminated over 1,000 gallons from Disney's waste stream.
500 South Buena Vista Street, MC 8790, Burbank, CA 91521