Republic Services Sets Ambitious Climate Goals
Dive Brief:
Republic Services has set new 2030 sustainability goals, including plans to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 35% compared to a 2017 baseline. Republic reported generating nearly 13.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in these categories in 2017, with a 2% decrease in 2018.
The Arizona-based company has also pledged to increase recovery of "key materials" (cardboard, plastics, metals, organics, biogas and oil) by 40% and aims to increase biogas sent to "beneficial reuse" by 50%.
By Waste Dive