ROSWELL,
Ga., May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/
-- Kimberly-Clark Professional™, a global leader in personal
protective equipment (PPE) for industrial and scientific
applications, has bestowed the 2023 Greenovation Awards on 49
companies for demonstrating sustainability leadership and reducing
their environmental impact by participating in landfill diversion
programs.
The companies were recognized for diverting a total of 439,227
pounds of PPE waste from landfills in 2022 through The RightCycle™
Program. The program helps a wide range of Kimberly-Clark
Professional's customers reduce their solid waste streams by
enabling them to recycle single-use items such as garments, gloves,
hoods, boot covers, masks and safety eyewear.
Some of the companies recognized this year for running
collection sites include:
- Boston Scientific (Dorado, Puerto
Rico)
- Catalent (Madison,
Wisconsin)
- Cook Medical (Bloomington
Indiana)
- Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
- The Jackson Laboratory (Bar
Harbor and Ellsworth,
Maine)
- MilliporeSigma (Danvers,
Massachusetts)
- Pfizer (Cambridge,
Massachusetts)
- Philips (Reedsville,
Pennsylvania)
- Promega (Fitchburg,
Wisconsin)
- Purdue University (West Lafayette,
Indiana)
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (Rensselaer, New York)
- W. L. Gore (Phoenix, Arizona;
Flagstaff, Arizona; Elkton, Maryland)
Since its inception in 2011, The RightCycle Program has helped
over 1,000 customers divert more than 4.5 million pounds of PPE
waste from landfills.1
Jameson Wentworth, senior EHS
specialist at MilliporeSigma, a 2023 award recipient, said,
"Millipore Sigma has a long-standing commitment to sustainability
and environmental stewardship. The RightCycle program made it easy
for us to maintain that commitment and achieve our sustainability
goals."
"Our customers have displayed exceptional leadership in
sustainability through this program as well as other initiatives to
reduce their environmental impact," said Ashley Davis, global sustainability manager,
Kimberly-Clark Professional. "We commend them on their
accomplishments and wish them continued success on their
sustainability journeys."
The Greenovation Awards were established by Kimberly-Clark
Professional in 2013 to honor the waste diversion efforts of its
customers. Each year, Kimberly-Clark Professional recognizes
companies for leadership in sustainability and a commitment to
reducing their environmental impact.
The RightCycle Program collects used PPE and sends these items
to regional recycling partners to become plastic pellets used to
manufacture consumer products, including lawn furniture, benches
and bicycle racks.
Kimberly-Clark Professional aspires to be at the forefront of
the transition to a circular, reuse economy by reducing waste,
promoting waste-handling system improvements and innovating new
ways of providing people with the products they need to live their
best lives. As part of its global goal to reduce its environmental
footprint by 50% by 2030, the company is focused on the areas where
it can make the biggest difference – climate, forests, water and
plastics.
To learn more, visit The RightCycle Program website.
1 source: 2022 WasteBits and 2022
Kimberly-Clark Corporation proprietary insights.
About Kimberly-Clark Professional™
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Exceptional Workplaces, helping to make them healthier, safer and
more productive. Key brands in this segment include Kleenex, Scott,
WypAll, KleenGuard and Kimtech. To see how Kimberly-Clark
Professional™ is helping people around the world to work better,
please visit www.kcprofessional.com.
About Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) and
its trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for people in
more than 175 countries. Fueled by ingenuity, creativity, and
an understanding of people's most essential needs, we create
products that help individuals experience more of what's important
to them. Our portfolio of brands, including Huggies, Kleenex,
Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups,
GoodNites, Intimus, Neve, Plenitud, Sweety, Softex, Viva and
WypAll, hold No. 1 or No. 2 share positions in approximately 80
countries. We use sustainable practices that support a healthy
planet, build strong communities, and ensure our business thrives
for decades to come. We are proud to be recognized as one of the
world's most ethical companies by Ethisphere for the fifth year in
a row. To keep up with the latest news and to learn more about the
company's 150-year history of innovation, visit
kimberly-clark.com.
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