Bill Gurn - Haworth's Manager of Facilities & Maintenance & Operations

Welcome to the mic today Mr. Bill Gurn manager of facilities & maintenance operations at one of the world’s largest office furniture manufacturers, Haworth Inc. Since 1992 Bill has been driving the organization on recycling, zero waste and beneficial reuse.

 

On this episode you will find the following secrets that have allowed Haworth to reach Zero Landfill and find homes for some of the manufacturing’s hardest byproducts.

 

Quick reference of topics covered

• How Haworth’s achieved Zero Waste to landfill 2009
• Benefit of consolidating materials for waste diversion
• What are the solutions of engineered wood recycling
• What does food waste division look like at Haworth
• Where does the fabric cuts & discards end up
• The easy way to implement office space recycling
• How is the Zody® chair designed for easy end-of-life
• We talk about Materials Layers & Best Beneficial Reuse
• We identify and discuss High Volume Production Waste
• & most importantly -  what really is the best office chair

 

Bill Gurn and Haworth want to share the secrets of how they did it and all you need to do is ask. So reach out to Bill today, introduce yourself and ask him your hardest question. He might just have the answer or know which direction to point you!

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Additional information about today’s topics

Haworth’s 2017 Sustainability Report

Zody Chair

Best Beneficial Reuse

Waste Hierarchy Explanation

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