Styrofoam is incredible, because people don’t realize how much waste even small companies generate. “You see the moun- tains of pallets and here we’re able to sell it again to be used as new packaging,” he says. “It’s pretty neat.” Cardboard packag- ing, wooden pallets and scrap metal were already being recycled, but the compactor made it possible for more than 85 percent of Warners’ Stellian’s trash to be account- ed for. The compactor helped earn a Sustain-
able St. Paul Award in 2011. The award was presented by then-Mayor Chris Cole- man, who recognized WS for its signifi- cant investments in waste prevention and reduction, recycling and composting. WS also was honored for donations made to Merrick, Inc., a nonprofit organization for adults with disabilities. Most recently WS installed more than 400 solar panels and reflectors on the roof of its corporate headquarters and ware- house in St. Paul. The solar panels power about 20 percent of the building’s electric- ity and will recoup its own cost within a five-year span.
Sustainability is important to both WS
and to the Warner family. “Sustainability efforts are expensive, but they’re the right thing to do,” Jeff Warner says. “Otherwise the stuff that our industry uses goes into the Earth and it does not biodegrade.” He believes that knowing the realities of appliance waste and not doing something about it is wrong. He admits that environmentally con- scious efforts aren’t always easy and can sometimes backlash. “We set ourselves up to be vulnerable to the press or to those who whistle-blow or point fingers at us,” he says, adding that there are people who may never be satisfied no matter what a company tries to do. Even so, he says that WS has no regrets over the steps it has taken to make a difference. “We are doing the right thing, which feels good.”
For more information, call 877-431-2100 or visit
WarnersStellian.com. To learn more about Warners’ Stellian’s sustainability program, visit
WarnersStellian.com/Sus- tainability. See ad, page 2.
Michelle Hamburger is a marketing/sales representative and freelance writer for Natural Awakenings. She can be reached at
Michelle@NATwinCities.com.
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