62 GM plants eliminate waste to landfills

Even the smallest bits of waste in GM's manufacturing plants are recycled or reused. Here, tiny aluminum shavings from machining operations are collected and reused at GM foundries to make new transmission parts. Sixty-two GM manufacturing plants have achieved ?zero landfill? status by recycling or reusing all normal plant wastes, meaning 43 percent of its global manufacturing facilities no longer send any production waste to landfills. The company?s goal, announced in 2008, is to convert half of its major manufacturing facilities worldwide into landfill free operations by the end of 2010.