Lean Green Teams last year helped the Postal Service achieve significant results in energy reduction and resource conservation, saving USPS more than $5 million in decreased energy, water, solid waste to landfills and petroleum fuel use. In addition, team efforts helped USPS recycle more than 222,000 tons of material, which generated $13 million in revenue and avoided $9.1 million in landfill fees.
“Across the country, postal employees are participating in more than 80 cross-functional Lean Green Teams,” says Emil Dzuray, acting Chief Sustainability Officer, adding that USPS plans to deploy Lean Green Teams nationwide by 2012.
The teams are helping mesh low-cost and no-cost sustainable practices with performance management systems to help USPS meet the following reduction goals by 2015:
Facility energy use — 30 percent.
Water use — 10 percent.
Petroleum fuel use — 20 percent.
Landfill waste — 50 percent.
“With nearly 32,000 facilities, a presence in every community, and the largest civilian fleet in the nation, we know how important our efforts are to make a positive impact on the environment,” says Dzuray. “Our employee green teams are an important part of building a conservation culture and reducing our carbon footprint.”
To learn more about the Postal Service’s sustainability initiatives, visit usps.com/green and the green newsroom.
“Across the country, postal employees are participating in more than 80 cross-functional Lean Green Teams,” says Emil Dzuray, acting Chief Sustainability Officer, adding that USPS plans to deploy Lean Green Teams nationwide by 2012.
The teams are helping mesh low-cost and no-cost sustainable practices with performance management systems to help USPS meet the following reduction goals by 2015:
Facility energy use — 30 percent.
Water use — 10 percent.
Petroleum fuel use — 20 percent.
Landfill waste — 50 percent.
“With nearly 32,000 facilities, a presence in every community, and the largest civilian fleet in the nation, we know how important our efforts are to make a positive impact on the environment,” says Dzuray. “Our employee green teams are an important part of building a conservation culture and reducing our carbon footprint.”
To learn more about the Postal Service’s sustainability initiatives, visit usps.com/green and the green newsroom.
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