Tom Purkis // Owner Aggregate Management, LLC talks about Glass & Going Zero Waste

Ladies & Gentlemen please give a warm welcome Mr. Tom Purkis of Aggregate Management.

His company is dedicated to diverting glass from the landfill through creative solutions and year over year Tom and his team handles inbound glass for recycling from various industries to include deconstruction, manufacturing, industrial, consumer glass or MRF glass, and many other sub segments. 

But wait there’s more; Tom also provides Zero Waste and Waste Diversion consultative services to the manufacturing industry where he and his team help design specialized programs for maximum impact.

 

ON THE MENU TODAY

•  Overview of the glass markets
•  Why is recycling glass valuable to manufacturers
•  Building deconstruction glass recycling
•  Example of when recycled glass becomes another products
•  What is Zero Waste
•  What is Zero Waste to landfill
•  How do companies digest the additional costs of going Zero Waste
•  What makes an employee adopt & Champion the Zero Waste
•  Example of Excellent Zero Waste Signage, click here
•  Composting Industrial Wood
•  Finial thoughts of Tom Purkis

 

Looking for more information around glass recycling?

• Glass Recycling Coalition announces results of 2017 Glass Recycling Survey which can be downloaded here

 

Ready to expand your knowledge on Zero Waste?

• Read “The Zero-Waste Factory. How in just two years, Subaru transformed its automotive assembly plant in Lafayette, Indiana into the first zero-landfill factory in the US. Inside one of the great success stories in sustainability. ” This article written for Scientific American and can be downloaded here
• The EPA document, “How Communities have defined Zero Waste” can be downloaded here

Ready to connect with Tom?

Tom Purkis

Aggregate Management, LLC

269-506-6130