Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity ReStore – West Columbia, SC (EQC Region 3)
Project Details - ReStore Earth

• Ongoing recycling initiative sponsored by the Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity ReStore
• Developed in 2007
• Recycling efforts now include:
  • Electronics, Cell phones, Aluminum,
  • Metal, Batteries, Ink Cartridges,
  • Books, Paper, Cardboard, and
  • Recently added TerraCycle ("garbage").
• The ReStore recycles overstocked, seconds, used, discontinued items and salvageable building materials donated by manufacturers, stores, contractors and individuals. These donated items are used in two ways: first to build simple, decent houses for low-income families serving the Habitat for Humanity mission, and also to be resold to the general public to finance our building projects. The ReStore considers itself a Green organization, vowing to operate in an environmentally responsible manner.

Daimler Vans Manufacturing (DVM), LLC – Ladson, SC (EQC Region 7)
Project Details - Evolution of a Recycle Program - Zero Waste to Landfill Goal

• The 460,000 square foot facility has equipment capacity to assemble 32,000 units per year. Currently, 94 associates produce 28 vans per day / 7,280 per year.
• Van bodies and part kits are received from Dusseldorf, Germany and are assembled into a finished Mercedes-Benz / Freightliner product.
• Daimler strives to produce environmental friendly products and to build environmental safeguards into its manufacturing operations.
• At year end 2010, DVM achieved a recyle rate of 99.5%.

Angelique Liddelow – Walterboro, SC (EQC Region 8)
Project Details - Recycle Mania

• Created Earth Day Annual Program for Ridgeland Elementary School
• Lesson plans are done using recycled materials (i.e., newspapers, magazines, crayons, etc.)
• Created South Carolina Palmetto Tree made of soda cans and cardboard - see image below
• Provides recycled art exhibit for local Earth Day events
• Uses all recycled materials in Art classroom (i.e., plastic bottles, canned goods, etc.)
• Has a line of picture frames made from recycled floor tile and wood discarded by home improvement stores
• Teaches a summer art program in which she educates students on the importance of recycled art

• The Recycling Program has gone from recycling 1.4% or 113 tons in 1993 to recycling 27% or 1,325 tons in Fiscal Year 2010.
• Steady growth in both the amount recycled and the number of items recycled has been a key to success.
• One of only two institutions in the country currently using a shred truck to shred and haul the recyclable paper to keep patient and research documents safe and secure.
• Consistently ranked among the top ten contestants over several years of reporting recycling data in the RecycleMania competition (630 colleges are participating this year, representing 6 million students and over 1.5 million staff and faculty).
• Saving energy and water, green building, green purchasing, green housekeeping, measuring greenhouse gases, creating a climate action plan, and many other projects have been taken on by the Sustainability Program.
• MUSC is supporting a public transportation park and ride system.
• Built its first LEED silver building, saving millions of dollars through energy and water savings projects, and educating the 11,000 + work force on the importance of reducing waste and conserving resources first, then reusing and recycling.

Sally Nicholson/O'Leary Cole, Inc. – Greenville, SC (EQC Region 2)
Project Details - Sustainable Individuals/Sustainable Home: the Nicholson Project

• Sally Nicholson, with the help and guidance of O’Leary Cole, Inc., created her dream home in 2010.
• Trey Cole, the builder and designer, and Sally set a high standard from the beginning of the project. Their goal was to build an Earth Craft Certified home.
• Completed home went above and beyond many requirements of the Earth Craft certification.
• The house was insulated with Icynene (spray foam insulation) and the crawl space was also sealed and insulated.
• Placed 1.5-foot overhangs over 80% of the south facing windows to take advantage of passive solar design.
• During the construction phase, the builder was careful to divert 100% of metal waste, cardboard waste, plastics, and shingles from the landfill. All of these materials were recycled, and the wood waste was mulched to aid in erosion control.
• Implemented native, drought tolerant, noninvasive plants in the landscaping. Also installed a rainwater harvesting system and a permeable driveway.
• Installed solar electric and hot water systems to energize her house, significantly lowering energy costs.

US Foodservice – Lexington, SC (EQC Region 2)
Project Details - Oil 2.0

• In 2010, OIL 2.0 recovered 5.174,450 lbs of waste vegetable oil from food service establishments across the state.
• The waste vegetable oil was recycled into sustainable feedstock for Biodiesel.
• The waste vegetable oil rendered 521,000 gallons of B100 Biodiesel fuel, which was processed in a facility in South Carolina.
• This unique, innovative cooperative program is linked together by food service, food distribution, waste vegetable oil recycling, and biodiesel industries.
• US Foodservice initiated OIL 2.0 on September 1, 2009 and today has attained 845 customers recycling waste vegetable oil.
• US Foodservice and WVO, LLC are committed to recycling 100% of the waste vegetable oil as a sustainable source of Biodiesel feedstock which reduces our demand for imported oil.