December 4, 2008
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GM steps up recycling of waste materials
General Motors Corp. said yesterday that half of its major factories worldwide will recycle or reuse nearly all of their waste materials by the end of 2010. Company officials also said 33 more factories have achieved "landfill-free" status, bringing the total to 43 worldwide. To gain that status, factories must recycle more than 96 percent of their waste materials, with the rest being shipped to waste-to-energy incinerators. The company announced plans last month to install 8,700 solar panels on the roof of its White Marsh transmission plant by spring.
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