AT&T sets zero waste goal

AT&T, Dallas, has set a goal to achieve zero waste at 100 facilities, including its AT&T global headquarters, by the end of 2020. The program will start this year and will include strategies to reduce waste and increase recycling and composting, with a goal of diverting 90 percent or more of the company’s waste from landfills.

“It takes all of us working together to protect our planet. That’s why we want to apply the power of our network and our people to be part of the waste solution,” Charlene Lake, chief sustainability officer and senior vice president of corporate social responsibility at AT&T, says. “Stepping onto the path to zero waste is another way our employees are helping to improve our global headquarters community and other communities where we live and work.”

AT&T’s zero waste goal builds on its existing programs to keep waste out of landfills. The new goal also supports the Green Dallas Initiative and complements AT&T’s new downtown campus, the AT&T Discovery District, which the company says will become an environmentally sustainable, community destination for AT&T employees, local residents and tourists.

AT&T says it is one of the largest corporate purchasers of renewable energy in the U.S. The company set a 10 times carbon reduction goal to enable carbon savings 10 times the footprint of our operations by the end of 2025.

The company says it’s working to make its network, fleet and operations more efficient and helping customers reduce carbon emissions and use the internet of things (iot) for good by connecting everything from trucks, to farm equipment, to city infrastructure and more.

Learn more about AT&T’s commitment to the environment, 10 times carbon reduction goal and other social and environmental sustainability programs at att.com/csr.