TROUTVILLE, Va., April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Roanoke Cement
Company (RCC) announced this week that its Troutville campus was awarded Gold
certification under the TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency)
rating system. Administered by Green Business Certification Inc.
(GBCI), TRUE helps facilities define, pursue and achieve zero waste
goals while becoming more resource efficient.
"Zero waste is an important part of any company's sustainability
strategy," said Mahesh Ramanujam,
President and CEO, U.S. Green Building Council and GBCI. "Through
TRUE, we're helping companies like Roanoke Cement Company enhance
operations in a way that is transforming our buildings and
communities and improving our quality of life."
RCC was on its way last year when the plant earned TRUE Silver
certification. "In order to elevate our TRUE Zero Waste
certification, we ramped up our zero waste policy to include,
for example, physical audits of waste and improving recycling
practices on-site," says Lindsey
Layman, Environmental Engineer. "As a result, we have
created a zero-waste culture and achieved an average of 98.4
percent overall diversion from landfill, waste-to-energy
incineration and the environment for solid, non-hazardous
wastes."
Facilities achieve certification by meeting program requirements
and accruing points on an annual scorecard. Each site is then
audited and must submit annual diversion data that demonstrates
continuous compliance to achieve certification at four possible
levels: Certified, Silver, Gold or Platinum.
From 2019-2020, RCC earned an additional 21 points by tightening
its practices in reuse, audit, training and local purchasing
activities related to diverted materials. Diverted materials
included plant waste (spilled clinker, cement or raw materials),
cement kiln by-pass dust and solid municipal wastes.
"The TRUE Gold certification demonstrates the RCC team's
tireless commitment to continuously improving our recycling
practices at the plant," says Kevin
Baird, President of Titan America's Mid-Atlantic Unit. "The
initiative could not be possible without the collective effort of
every person at our facility. We are very proud of what we have
been able to achieve together."
About Roanoke Cement Company (RCC)
Roanoke Cement
Company is a subsidiary of Titan America, LLC, a leading heavy
building materials producer in the eastern United
States. Titan America is headquartered in Norfolk, VA and its products include cement,
aggregates, ready-mixed concrete and fly ash beneficiation. Its
parent company, Titan Cement Company, S.A., headquartered in
Athens, Greece, is a signatory to
the UN Global Compact, a group of companies committed to
sustainable and socially responsible business practices.
About Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)
GBCI is
the premier organization independently recognizing excellence in
green business industry performance and practice globally.
Established in 2008, GBCI exclusively administers project
certifications and professional credentials and certificates within
the framework of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating
systems, as well as the Sustainable SITES Initiative (SITES), TRUE
Zero Waste certification, Parksmart, the PEER standard for power
systems, the WELL building standard, EDGE (Excellence in Design for
Greater Efficiencies), Investor Confidence Project (ICP) for energy
efficiency retrofits, RELi for resilient design and the GRESB
benchmark, which is used by institutional investors to improve the
sustainability performance of the global property sector. Through
rigorous certification and credentialing standards, GBCI drives
adoption of green business practices, which fosters global
competitiveness and enhances environmental performance and human
health benefits.
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CONTACT:
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April 7,
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Kramer
Consulting
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(215)
431-3946
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