greatly opposed ZLF initially are now some of its strongest advocates . Each LSG Sky Chefs location has a “ champion ,” as Bivens calls them , who is responsible for pushing innovation through the ZLF program . As the initiative has had time to take root , Bivens shares that there has seen healthy competition between regions as to who has the most innovative wastereduction ideas . “ It has been humbling to watch the program come into its own ,” he says . “ When our customers enter our locations across North America , they can see our employees embrace this ethos from the top down to an individual level . There is a strong level of initiative across our teams , and they work from monthly tonnage reports and share ideas on improvement .” As the program grows , it is receiving a number of accolades . In 2014 , the initiative won the innovation award for Business and Environmental Process , which was accepted in Hong Kong . “ Winning this award allowed us Ricky Bivens
greatly opposed ZLF initially are now some of its strongest advocates . Each LSG Sky Chefs location has a “ champion ,” as Bivens calls them , who is responsible for pushing innovation through the ZLF program . As the initiative has had time to take root , Bivens shares that there has seen healthy competition between regions as to who has the most innovative wastereduction ideas . “ It has been humbling to watch the program come into its own ,” he says . “ When our customers enter our locations across North America , they can see our employees embrace this ethos from the top down to an individual level . There is a strong level of initiative across our teams , and they work from monthly tonnage reports and share ideas on improvement .” As the program grows , it is receiving a number of accolades . In 2014 , the initiative won the innovation award for Business and Environmental Process , which was accepted in Hong Kong . “ Winning this award allowed us Ricky Bivens
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Recycling has been a strong passion of mine for many years , both professionally and in my home life . In my line of work I have had the opportunity to see the impact that waste has on our world – we ’ re closing landfills in many areas across North America , and so I strive to train and teach everyone in our company about our Zero to Landfill ( ZLF ) policy . Every year since 2012 the ZLF processes that we have put in place have seen thousands of tons of waste from landfill be recycled or repurposed . As part of this , we have vendors onboard that work with us to rethink how things are packed and delivered to us . We also work closely with our airline customers to reduce waste and increase recycling processes , and we are always looking for cutting-edge equipment that enables us to raise the bar in reducing waste to landfill .
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