CAT Looking To Reduce Carbon Footprint

For many of those who work at the nationally known company, they believe that the vision is to

promote a safer and healthier environment, all while still getting the job done. Their goal by

2020 is there will be a zero waste to landfill ratio and by holding this conference; they allowed

the public to see what their vision was.

CAT’s Greener Plan

Their first focus is substituting their liquid paint to a powder base, because powdered paint does

not require a solvent to keep the pain in a liquid form. Their original goal for 2012 was exceeded

by 11 percent while 154 of their 180 facilities are reaching up to a 90 percent waste reduction.

Through their recycling efforts, CAT has also saved up to $200,000 during their going green

transition. A majority of their tractors and products are completely disassembled and picked out

for the usable parts before they are completed melted down. By taking out these re-usable parts

that had not gone bad with the other caterpillar parts, the company is benefitting by not

producing so much waste.

It was a group of 50 area business

leaders that had the opportunity to

understand how Caterpillar will be

pushing forward their going-green

initiative.