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NormThompsonwww.normthompson.com <br />NormThompsonisanOregonbasedclothingandaccessorycatalogretailerwith <br />threesalesdivisions.?In2002,NormThompsonwilldistributeapproximately80million <br />catalogstoitsnationalcustomerbase.Annualrevenuesareapproaching$200million.The <br />companyemploysapproximately675year-roundemployeesandanadditional1200duringthe <br />35 <br />peakholidayseason.? <br />In1995,theybuiltanewheadquartersinPortland,oneofthe?greenbuildings?inthe <br />U.S.?Theaddedcostsofthebuilding?senvironmentalfeatureswerepaidoffinthe <br />fouryearsbyenergysavings.Theseenergysavings,35%overOregoncode,nowcontribute <br />36 <br />approximately$30,000peryeartothecompany?sbottomline.? <br />Fromfallof1997toApril1999,TheNaturalSteptrainingmodelwasimplementedby <br />topmanagement,thenandpresentedtoallemployees.Thefollowingeconomic <br />37 <br />resultedfromtheseefforts: <br />By2001,afterresearchwithEnvironmentalDefense?sAllianceforEnvironmental <br />Innovationandworkingwithpapersuppliers,theywereabletoinclude10%post- <br />consumerwastepaperinallcatalogsatthesamecostasusingvirginpaper. <br />Byeliminatingtheuseofenvelopesforcatalogstonewrequestors,theysave$50,000/year. <br />Byimplementingavoluntary?ShipallTogether?policywhenorderscontainmultiple <br />productsandatleastoneisoutofstock,theysave$252,000annuallyaswellasover <br />30,000shippingboxesandassociatedmailingsupplies. <br />They?veimplementedazero-wastegoal,whichreducedwasteattheir <br />headquarterssiteby41%initsyear. <br />Byprovidingeveryheadquartersemployeewithareusablemug,they?veeliminatedtheuse <br />of120,000disposablecups/yearandseenasavingofalmost$10,000annually. <br />?Thecompanygoalistoreplaceallconventionallygrowncottonwithorganicallygrown <br />cottonwithinyears.? <br />Companiesinthissectionhavedivertedmorethan90%oftheirwastesandthuscanbe <br />consideredtobeZeroWasteBusinesses(ordarnclose). <br />Anheuser-Buschwww.anheuser-busch.com <br />Theplantopenedin1976,employs485peopleandbrewsoverfourmillionbarrelsof <br />beereachyear.ItisoneofthebreweriesintheUnitedStatestobeISO14001by <br />theInternationalOrganizationofStandardization.Thefacilitysentover94,000tonsofspent <br />graintocattlefeedalonein2001.Anadditional1,500tonsofaluminum,glass,cardboard,scrap <br />metals,paper,computerpaper,phonebooks,plasticandglasssodabottles,aluminum <br />cans,ink,oilandtonercartridgeswererecycled.Thefacilityalsodivertedsome220tonsof <br />beechwoodchipstocompostingandrecoveredalmost970tonsofalcoholfromfermentation <br />bottoms,wasteyeastandwastebeerforuseinfuelblending.Asaresult,thefacilityachieved <br />a98%diversionratefromandincinerationin2001.DiatomaceousEarth,a <br />agent,makesup85%oftheplant?smaterial.However,RobertWachter,ResidentEHS <br />Manager,believeshewillhaveanagriculturaluseforthismaterialbytheendof2002,which <br />shouldbringtheplanttoa99%plusdiversionrate. <br /> <br />