You may have heard of the Japanese car manufacturer who had the very first auto assembly plant to achieve zero landfill status. But did you know — it was Heritage Environmental that developed the process and implemented the programs at the auto plant?  The manufacturer’s goal was to achieve zero landfill status within five years— we helped them achieve their goal within two! Before Heritage became involved, twenty-three compacted loads of refuse went to landfill each month.  Today, nothing from manufacturing goes to landfill. Everything from lug nuts to solvents are re-used on site. Tires are shredded to be used as playground mulch. Packaging materials are used again and again. There is absolutely no waste. The little that cannot be reused is shipped to a cogeneration plant to produce clean forms of energy.