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Science for Circular goal.
Reduce manufacturing waste by an additional 10%, indexed to sales, by 2025 toward goal of 10% reduction 3M continues to drive “zero waste” thinking with our product designs and process technologies and will continue material reduction work within our manufacturing operations. Our definition of manufacturing waste for this goal includes materials sent to incineration and landfill.
2025 goal 2015.
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Our actions.
Circularity in our operations.
Reusable, renewable, and recyclable materials in our operations.
While reducing waste is the first choice in the hierarchy of waste management options, other possibilities, such as reusing, recycling, and composting, can also fuel the circular economy by getting more out of our materials and allowing them to continue into their next life.
As sites identify opportunities to divert material streams, we protect 3M’s reputation by carefully managing byproducts by setting up contracts with our haulers, recyclers, and waste-to-energy companies to confirm that our material is handled appropriately.
Zero landfill.
Based on our research, we’ve chosen a holistic definition: At 3M, zero landfill means no byproduct is sent directly to a landfill from a 3M manufacturing site in a calendar year. A site will continue to be a zero landfill site as long as no manufacturing operations waste is sent to a landfill. Waste, as defined here, does not include ash generated from 3M material sent to a waste-to-energy or incineration site controlled by a third party.
Each site reports its waste data in a corporate database each quarter. The data from select sites and at the corporate level is third-party validated. Sites seeking zero landfill status are also required to complete an internal assessment to assure accurate reporting.
As we monitor progress toward this goal, sites listed may fluctuate due to site closures, acquisitions, consolidations, or sites missing zero landfill requirements. Two additional sites achieved zero landfill status, Irvine, California and Hutchinson, Minnesota in 2020.
42.9%
By the end of 2020, of 3M sites had attained zero landfill status. 39.8% between 2005 and 2020.
Total water consumption decreased indexed to corporate-wide net sales. Results also indicate that the largest share of 3M water use in operations is for processing products in manufacturing and heating or cooling of those processes and associated operations. We continue to improve our data accuracy through monitoring and measurement.
*Does not include on-site recycle and reuse and offsite reuse from 3M’s industrial mineral product (IMP) division.
Water conservation in our operations 3M’s total water usage includes sanitary, process, heating, cooling, remediation, and other sources. Water usage data is tracked and reported annually on a global basis for manufacturing sites that produce greater than 4.54 metric tons (10,000 pounds) of product per year. The reported data accounts for 99.0% of transfer value of shipments (TVOS).
Global waste diversion by type.
Metric Tons 150,000 50,000 200,000 350,000 250,000 100,000 300,000 2018 2017 2019 2020 2016 0.
Waste-toenergy.
Offsite recycle.
Offsite reuse*
On-site recycle + reuse*
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Within 3M’s global pollution prevention system, 3M employees can record and track water reduction ideas and list any barriers to implementation. Engineers, developers, and managers can see opportunities across our 51 core Technology Platforms. This visibility provides a deeper understanding of water use reduction opportunities across the company.
Evaluation of 3M’s 2020 water-stressed/ scarce global locations utilized the updated Aqueduct™ Water Risk Atlas stress-level screening tool, Aqueduct 3.0. Updates to the tool resulted in changes to in-scope sites. Out of the 16 in extremely water-stressed areas, eight made 3M’s list for the first time, including locations in Mexico, France, Spain, Turkey, India, and Thailand. After the assessment, work began in order to understand current baseline and onboarding for those newsites, continuing into the first half of 2021.
Global water usage.
Million cubic meters Indexed global water usage.
Million cubic meters per MM $USD net sales 10 30 40 60 50 20 2016 2018 2019 2020 2017 2010 2005 0 0.0005 0.0020 0.0025 0.0015 0.0010 2016 2018 2019 2020 2017 2010 2005 0.0000.
Global water withdrawal 2020 percentage.
Groundwater 45.2%
Other sources 10.3%
Public municipal 24.4%
Surface 20.2%
Global water withdrawal 2020 percentage.
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Packaging in our operations.
To support our circularity efforts, we work internally and with our suppliers to reduce, reuse, or recycle the packaging of raw materials we receive. For example, in our Asia-Pacific area, we implemented a wooden crate reuse program. Working with one of our suppliers, we took crates used to transport incoming materials from one of our sites and had them heat retreated, resized where necessary, and re-certified so they could be reused to export 3M products to other countries. This amounted to reusing 70 metric tons of wood rather than disposing of it.
For more information on our supplier circularity efforts, see the Suppliers section.
Waste reduction in our operations.
Within each geographic area, results are reviewed regularly against goals and tracking metrics. Specialized teams work on a variety of projects and programs, ranging from basic office recycling to more complex projects, such as developing and capturing intrinsic waste materials generated by a manufacturing line. Through an evaluation process, all aspects of material reduction benefits or risks are reviewed. The 3M EHS and Product Stewardship organization measures progress toward raw material usage and waste reduction goals for sites within our global manufacturing footprint. The results and raw data are used to identify, quantify, and prioritize projects to improve, utilizing Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology.
Raw material utilization is a measurement of overall product and process yield throughout our manufacturing processes and is a key metric for 3M. This internal metric is tracked at all manufacturing sites and is indicative of operational excellence in our product design and manufacturing processes. Our raw material utilization includes the product, the process and all byproducts. The first step in waste management is the reduction of waste, which also increases raw material utilization.
Indexed global waste.
Metric tons per MM $USD net sales.
Global waste by disposal type.
Metric tons.
Starting in 2016, waste no longer includes waste-to-energy.
2.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 0 2016 2018 2019 2020 2017 2010 2005 60,000 20,000 80,000 40,000 120,000 140,000 100,000 180,000 160,000 2018 2017 2019 2020 2016 0.
Landfilled.
Treatment, incineration.
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Here are some examples of how we continue to reduce waste in our operations.
3M Pollution Prevention Pays (3P)
An industry first, 3M’s 3P program, developed in 1975, is based on the belief that a prevention approach to pollution is more environmentally effective, more socially acceptable, and more economical than treatment. In the last 46 years, the program has prevented 2.68 million short tons of pollutants and saved over $2.32 billion, based on aggregated data from the first year of each 3P project.
Employees can record and track waste reduction ideas in a 3M web-based system. Engineers, developers, and managers can see opportunities across our 51 core Technology Platforms. This visibility provides a deeper understanding of waste reduction opportunities across the company. We use this system to create, identify, and share management best practices related to waste reduction.
Our waste reduction results.
Between 2015 and 2020, 3M has reduced the amount of material sent for landfill and incineration by 9.98%, indexed to net sales.
We have decreased our waste, indexed to net sales, by since 2005. 31.4% 3M’s waste metrics include 3M manufacturing sites with total output greater than 4.54 metric tons per year (10,000 pounds), which represents 99.0% of transfer value of shipments (TVOS). Composting materials from our manufacturing sites is an extremely small component of our manufacturing operations. 3M does not have any waste streams that are managed by deep well injection.
3M is also dedicated to operating in accordance with all regulations and managing waste materials safely and responsibly. All 3M sites are required to manage all returned, recycled, and waste materials from the time of generation until reused, recycled, treated, or disposed.
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Circularity in our products.
Since 2019, we’ve required 100% of products entering our new product commercialization process to have a Sustainability Value Commitment (SVC) to contribute to the aspirations laid out in our Strategic Sustainability Framework. When teams determine the SVC for a new product, they consider factors such as reusability; recyclability; and energy, waste, and water savings appropriate to the specific product throughout its life cycle. For more information, see the Innovation management section.
Reusable, renewable, and recyclable materials in our products.
We develop reusable products and create products for our customers using renewable or recycled materials. Examples include supporting the refurbishment of old products with our Post-it® Flex Write Surface that can cover existing whiteboards and chalkboards and can be wiped clean with water even when permanent marker is applied; using renewable resources with plant-based adhesives in our Post-it® Super Sticky Notes; and making products with recycled materials such as Scotch-Brite® Greener Clean Non-Scratch Scrubbers using 75% post-consumer recycled plastic.
For more examples, see the Our products section and our feature story, Making strides embedding sustainability into new products.
Water conservation and quality designed into our products.
We develop water-saving and water-quality improvement opportunities for our customers. One example is our wide range of residential, commercial food service, and industrial water filtration solutions. Products range from drinking water systems to whole-house treatment and filtration. 3M Residential Water Filtration products address common water quality concerns, such as sediment and chlorine taste and odor. Some products also reduce contaminants and help protect pipes by reducing scale. For more information, see 3m.com/water.
Packaging for our products.
In 2020, we continued our long-standing commitment to efficient packaging design by assuring products are protected with the minimal amount of packaging materials. We did this by removing and lightweighting packaging materials and maximizing product-to-package ratios (removing as much empty air space as possible from the package). In 2020, our packaging reduction efforts resulted in a decrease of more than 514 metric tons.
3P global pollution prevention achievements: 1975-2020.
First year total pollution prevention cumulative totals, short tons 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2,500,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0.
Total water pollution prevented �
Total air pollution prevented.
Total waste pollution prevented.
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To support our circularity efforts, we work to select packaging materials on the front end so they can be recycled after use rather than discarded on land or in waterways. We also continue to increase recycled content, make our packaging easier to recycle, encourage reusable packaging where appropriate, and increase the use of renewable materials.
In 2020, we launched our Packaging Sustainability Roadmap internally, with a special focus on circular package design. We provided training for all packaging engineers using a newly developed tool kit that provides clear definitions of circularity terms and highlights which packaging materials to select in terms of increasing recycled content, designing for recyclability, and moving to more renewable packaging materials.
Circularity in our packaging • 3M continued efforts to eliminate PVC packaging, including conversion of PVC blister packaging to recycled PET in consumer product lines such as our Scotch®, Command™, and Post-it® branded product offerings. This does not only increase the recycled content of our plastic packaging; it also increases the recyclability potential since PET is much more readily accepted at recycling facilities than PVC. Because of this change in 2020, an additional 29 metric tons in North America had the potential of being recycled, rather than ending up in a landfill.
• Another example of designing our packaging to be more circular is the change from PVC to PET containers within our automotive aftermarket division in the Asia-Pacific area. This change resulted in 3.5 metric tons of bottles having the potential to be recycled rather than landfilled.
We also continue to address our plastics in packaging by removing and lightweighting where we can. In 2020, we designed out 8.5 tons of plastic from our packaging.
See our feature stories, Making strides embedding sustainability into new products, and Extending product life reduces electronic waste stream, for additional examples.
Circularity in our communities.
Reusable, renewable, and recyclable materials in our communities.
Surplus material from one business may be the raw material for another business. When we expand outside our own value chain, the opportunities can be endless. In 2020, we continued our company-wide strategy on reuse, reduction, and internal recycling as well as collaboration with our own technical community, channel partners, and civic and conservation leaders in communities where 3M operates.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
In 2020, 3M renewed our membership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to accelerate the movement toward using recycled and renewable raw materials in our product and package designs. Within 3M, multiple cross-functional circular economy working groups focus on different areas, including polymers, chemicals, packaging, cloths/fibers, and other key materials.
Waste reduction designed into our products.