Microsoft Touts 'Zero Waste' Campus

Microsoft's Redmond campus has 33 cafes, 32 'espresso cafes', and more 500 kitchenettes. With all those dining food and potable options and 44,000 employees on campus, one might assume that Microsoft is sending huge amounts of waste to landfills. Not so.

The software giant appear before this calendar week how its Redmond campus received the The states Nada Waste product Business Council'due south highest certification, the first applied science company in the state to achieve this benchmark. The Gilt Level of Zero Waste material Certification recognises facilities that divert at least ninety% of food, role, and construction waste away from landfills, something Microsoft accomplishes via employee-driven re-use, recycling, and composting programs also equally sustainable community partnerships.

"All food used in the kitchens arrives in compost-enabled or recyclable packaging," said Microsoft Senior Director, Susan Wagner, in the announcement. "To reduce packaging and create less waste, we melt foods from scratch, make meals to guild in about cafés, and grow some of our own greens in hydroponic urban farms on campus. Thousands of gallons of frying oil a week are converted into biodiesel through capable local recyclers. Condiment packets are sent for compost and 100% of our tableware is made from plants. We test all new dining products to verify that they are biodegradable."

Plus: "Employees utilise bins to segregate standard trash such as cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles, compost, function paper, and so on. Specific programs recycle specialty items, such as paper-thin, shredded confidential materials, electronics, wooden pallets, carpets, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, and more," Wagner added.

Microsoft is now planning to expand the waste diversion program it uses in Redmond to other facilities around the world.

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