Responsible waste management and recycling are integral parts of our corporate environmental stewardship strategy. Guided by our internal Waste Management Policy, CenterPoint Energy works to reduce waste and prevent pollution.
CenterPoint Energy continues to seek commercial opportunities to recycle and reuse our waste products wherever possible, and we have a robust recycling program in place across all of our businesses.
Waste streams diverted from being directed to landfills include paper, aluminum, plastic, cardboard, lamps, electronic waste, scrap metal, oil and wood debris, which are recycled, reused or donated to local charitable organizations through our Investment Recovery Services group.
To reduce the amount of hazardous waste generated, we strive to find suitable nonhazardous alternatives to solvents and other products needed to conduct our operations.
Waste and Recycling Highlights
- In our power supply business, our generation facilities have recycled nearly 80% of the fly ash generated since 2010 for use by a cement processing plant as a replacement for virgin materials. Our F.B. Culley plant has recycled nearly 100% of the synthetic gypsum it has produced since 1996.
- We have been recycling scrubber by-product generated at the F.B. Culley plant for use as synthetic gypsum in wallboard applications. With the retirement of the Brown 1 and 2 units in 2023, CenterPoint Energy eliminated the scrubber byproduct that was being land filled on site during active electricity generation.
- Our solid waste reduction strategy is further enhanced by the recently approved recycling of six million tons of ponded fly ash currently contained in a 150-acre surface impoundment at the A.B. Brown plant
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