Dive Brief:

• Sustainable Waste Solutions (SWS), based in Pennsylvania, achieved landfill-free status by demonstrating that 99% of the waste produced by the company does not get disposed of at a landfill.
• NSF Sustainability, a segment of the global health organization NSF International, awarded the firm its landfill-free verification.
• The waste generated by SWS is reused, recycled, or converted into energy.

Dive Insight:

Sustainable Waste Solutions touts itself as “the region’s only landfill-free waste and recycling company.” SWS specializes in providing services to the food manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology, automotive, and defense industries. The company covers the Lehigh Valley region, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware.