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Environment

DuPont Reaches Zero Landfill Status

by Melody M. Bomgardner
January 16, 2012 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 90, Issue 3

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Credit: DuPont
DuPont crushes Corian slabs for recycling.
Crushing DuPont Corian slabs for recycling
Credit: DuPont
DuPont crushes Corian slabs for recycling.

DuPont Building Innovations, which manufactures Tyvek weatherization products and Corian and Zodiaq countertop materials, has reduced its annual landfill waste to zero from 81 million lb in 2009. The would-be waste includes manufacturing by-products, scraps, and construction debris. All of the material is now recycled into new products or used as filler in concrete.

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