Case Studies

International Retailer

Customer Profile

Large international retailer with more than 7,300 stores and 2 million employees serving 200 million customers annually.

Situation

  • Multiple vendors handling waste needs at 4,370 stores.
  • Regularly scheduled pickups resulting in unnecessary hauls.
  • Decentralized program management with individual billing processes.
  • Rising costs related to construction and demolition waste.

Solution

  • One contract for retail stores and super centers nationwide.
    • General and grocery waste.
    • Construction and demolition waste.
  • Single point of access to a network of 1,670 vendors.
  • On-call pickup implemented at all locations within 30 days to decrease hauls.
  • Consolidated, electronic billing to streamline administration.
    • 5,000+ pages of detail each month.
  • Construction and demolition program for renovations and new store construction.
    • Onsite separation of mixed debris, metal, concrete, wood, steel and sheetrock.

Financial and Environmental Benefits

  1. Hard savings estimated at $10M+ per year.
    1. Fixed management fee.
    2. Pass through on waste services.
    3. Revenue share on savings realized by decreased hauls.
    4. Per ton rebate on materials diverted from landfills.
  2. Internal labor savings.
    1. Consolidated, electronic billing.
  3. 57% diversion on construction and demolition waste.

Working Towards Zero

  1. Plans to implement two promising new technologies to handle mixed and dry waste.
    1. Fuel pellets
    2. Single sort facility