How Honda Achieved Zero Waste to Landfill

Honda has achieved one of the most important targets in the company's longstanding "Green Factory" initiative in North America: zero-waste-to-landfill. Ten of 14 Honda manufacturing plants in North America are now operating with zero waste to landfill, while the remaining four plants are functioning with "virtually zero" waste to landfill.

Waste sent to landfills has been dramatically reduced at Honda auto plants throughout North America—from 62.8 pounds of industrial waste to landfills for every automobile produced in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001(FY2001), to an estimated 1.8 pounds per automobile in the current fiscal year 2012. Among all of its 14 plants in North America, Honda now sends less than one-half of 1 percent of all operating waste to landfills. Remaining waste product is either recycled or used for energy recovery.

Many of the waste-reduction and recycling activities were undertaken through Honda's associate involvement programs, including its "NH Circle" quality circles, where teams of associates throughout the company engage in an annual competition to improve Honda's value to its customers and society, with a strong focus on efficiency, cost and waste reduction.

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• environment

[EnragedSephiroth]

@seovideo24 They still pass crash tests though.

[seovideo24]

overall from the photos and the product ion line the quality of product seems to be on the lower side

all we get now is plastic vehicles made of substandard flaky materials

[Recall03HondaAccord]

Thanks Honda. So instead of the company sending its waste where it belongs, to the scrappers, your customers have to do it for you. The 2003 Honda Accord is a complete waste...of money and belongs in a landfill.

[KeepingModern]

Honda is a company of wisdom and as long as I see this in your product quality you have my wallet support but you will still lose it just as quick as soon as I see corruption of quality.

[VWBAJA2112]

I love Honda,just they could recycle old Tecs,such as myself,I hate not working,but thanks Honda for making my life better because of the coustomers that loved your product.

[tsantor1629]

WAKE-UP America!

[SeadGBosnia]

@smokinrock1 They have the 4cyl 2.4 turbo acura Rdx engine that produces more torque than hp! :)

[desimunda116]

that graph at 0:45 can also be used to depict the fun factor of Honda's cars.

[OozingPie]

Good on you, great to see

[virokill132]

@d3r3kc85 are you saying that in a good or bad way?