In 2021, Intel maintained a rate of 5% total material to landfill and put circular strategies in place for 65% of its manufacturing scrap. | jejim/Shutterstock[/caption]
Intel is trying several angles in pursuit of its goal to send zero waste to landfill, including redesign of circuit boards for easier recycling and educating consumers on how to recycle via a video game.
Intel's sustainability strategy is largely focused on reducing waste, then recovering, reusing and recycling materials. In 2021, that amounted to more than 130,000 metric tons of manufacturing scrap that was avoided, recycled, reused or otherwise recovered, a press release noted.
Adam Schafer, Intel's director of supply chain sustainability, told E-Scrap News that Intel has "long been committed to recycling and circular economy strategies."
Since the mid-1990s, the Santa Clara, Calif.-headquartered chip manufacturer voluntarily disclosed environmental metrics, such as waste generation and recycling, and set goals to improve, he said. That led to May 2020, when Intel committed to achieving zero material to landfill and implementing circular strategies for at least 60% of its manufacturing scrap by 2030.
So far, it has increased its global recycling rate of nonhazardous material from 25% to 89% since the 1990s, and the company decreased its total waste generation by 17% between 2020 and 2021, "despite increased manufacturing complexity and company growth," Schafer said.
In 2021, Intel maintained a rate of 5% total material to landfill and put circular strategies in place for 65% of its manufacturing scrap, Schafer noted.
[caption id="attachment_20288" align="aligncenter" width="900"] In 2021, Intel maintained a rate of 5% total material to landfill and put circular strategies in place for 65% of its manufacturing scrap. | jejim/Shutterstock[/caption]
Intel is trying several angles in pursuit of its goal to send zero waste to landfill, including redesign of circuit boards for easier recycling and educating consumers on how to recycle via a video game.
Intel's sustainability strategy is largely focused on reducing waste, then recovering, reusing and recycling materials. In 2021, that amounted to more than 130,000 metric tons of manufacturing scrap that was avoided, recycled, reused or otherwise recovered, a press release noted.
Adam Schafer, Intel's director of supply chain sustainability, told E-Scrap News that Intel has "long been committed to recycling and circular economy strategies."
Since the mid-1990s, the Santa Clara, Calif.-headquartered chip manufacturer voluntarily disclosed environmental metrics, such as waste generation and recycling, and set goals to improve, he said. That led to May 2020, when Intel committed to achieving zero material to landfill and implementing circular strategies for at least 60% of its manufacturing scrap by 2030.
So far, it has increased its global recycling rate of nonhazardous material from 25% to 89% since the 1990s, and the company decreased its total waste generation by 17% between 2020 and 2021, "despite increased manufacturing complexity and company growth," Schafer said.
In 2021, Intel maintained a rate of 5% total material to landfill and put circular strategies in place for 65% of its manufacturing scrap, Schafer noted.
In 2021, Intel maintained a rate of 5% total material to landfill and put circular strategies in place for 65% of its manufacturing scrap. | jejim/Shutterstock[/caption]
Intel is trying several angles in pursuit of its goal to send zero waste to landfill, including redesign of circuit boards for easier recycling and educating consumers on how to recycle via a video game.
Intel's sustainability strategy is largely focused on reducing waste, then recovering, reusing and recycling materials. In 2021, that amounted to more than 130,000 metric tons of manufacturing scrap that was avoided, recycled, reused or otherwise recovered, a press release noted.
Adam Schafer, Intel's director of supply chain sustainability, told E-Scrap News that Intel has "long been committed to recycling and circular economy strategies."
Since the mid-1990s, the Santa Clara, Calif.-headquartered chip manufacturer voluntarily disclosed environmental metrics, such as waste generation and recycling, and set goals to improve, he said. That led to May 2020, when Intel committed to achieving zero material to landfill and implementing circular strategies for at least 60% of its manufacturing scrap by 2030.
So far, it has increased its global recycling rate of nonhazardous material from 25% to 89% since the 1990s, and the company decreased its total waste generation by 17% between 2020 and 2021, "despite increased manufacturing complexity and company growth," Schafer said.
In 2021, Intel maintained a rate of 5% total material to landfill and put circular strategies in place for 65% of its manufacturing scrap, Schafer noted.
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