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Pollution Prevention
In our companywide effort to prevent pollution and preserve natural resources, we continue to work toward zero waste generation and the recycling or reuse of waste that has not been eliminated. Since 1998, Raytheon has reduced the amount of hazardous waste it generates by 87 percent per billion dollars of revenue. In 2008 alone, we reduced hazardous waste by 13 percent, to 39 tons per billion dollars of revenue. We generated approximately 990 tons of hazardous waste in total, of which 82 percent was recycled or otherwise diverted from a landfill.
Recycling Programs
Raytheon has a long history of effective recycling programs. During 2008, our operations collected more than 11,000 tons of recyclable material, including glass, wood, paper, scrap metal, electronic scrap, plastics, cardboard and organic materials. Since 1998, Raytheon has reduced the volume of solid waste generated per billion dollars of revenue by 55 percent, with a 10 percent reduction for the last year alone. In 2008, we generated 19,160 tons of solid waste, of which 59 percent was recycled.
