Original article written by: Stericycle
The BIG Awards for Business honor businesses, individuals, and strategies that are assisting in lessening environmental impact. A volunteer panel of industry executives and business professionals scores each submission using a special mechanism that allows judges to provide both public and confidential input.
Cindy Miller, president and CEO of Stericycle, said, "It's an honor to be recognized as a Green Company of the Year for our environmental and sustainability efforts." Our goal is to support organizations in safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the individuals and communities they serve by offering safe, environmentally friendly, and socially conscious goods and services.
Through sustained investment in our container portfolio, operations, and strategic alliances, we are creating a world that is safer and healthier for all people.Stericycle assisted consumers in removing 101 million pounds of plastic from landfills worldwide in 2022 by encouraging the use of reusable trash cans as opposed to single-use ones. Furthermore, 1.5 billion pounds of medical waste were processed by Stericycle before being disposed of, protecting the public from potentially dangerous substances. In addition, the company recycled one billion pounds of paper to help protect customers' private information and burned 38 million pounds of pharmaceutical trash before it was disposed of, keeping active pharmaceutical chemicals out of streams.Previously, each and every day."