Dive summary:

• General Motors announced another step in its goal to become a zero waste company and is now generating $1 billion annually from the reuse and recycling of waste generated from manufacturing plants.
• Currently, 102 of the company’s facilities are zero waste, the company recycles about 90% of its total manufacturing waste, and by 2020 GM hopes to fill the gap and be 100% waste free.
• Overall, the automobile industry has a fairly high recycling rate at about 75% of all content being reprocessed and reused.

From the article:

General Motors (GM) recently announced that it is ramping up its waste diversion goals and now generates $1 billion a year from the reuse and recycling of byproducts the company generates at its manufacturing plants. With the massive impact a company such as GM has because of the size and scope of its operations as well as supply chain, the company’s recent achievements and future goals are an important step for other automakers to emulate. After all, while automobiles are among the United States’ most recycled products, with as much as 75 percent of their content reprocessed and reused, more improvements during the manufacturing phase could benefit more businesses, and of course, the environment. Considering all the plastic and other materials that end up in the interiors of cars, improvement on this front would help a revitalized industry become even more efficient. ...