Sonoco, one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, has announced that the Durham facility of its recycling business, Sonoco Recycling, LLC, became certified in the N.C. Department of Labor’s STAR Consultation Program on February 25, 2016. Sonoco Recycling’s Durham team was awarded the coveted NC STAR Award by Cherie Berry, North Carolina commissioner of labor, and Kimberly Bostic, NC STAR program consultant.
The STAR Program is designed to recognize and promote an effective safety and health management system, and recipients are self-sufficient in their ability to control hazards at the worksite. Through the program, management, employees and the N.C. Department of Labor establish a cooperative relationship in the workplace. Star participant sites generally experience from 60 percent to 80 percent fewer lost workday injuries than would be expected of an “average” site of the same size in their industries. “Sonoco Recycling is committed to maintaining a world-class safety and health program with the sole focus of ensuring we all go home the way we arrived to work,” said Mike Pope, general manager and president of Sonoco Recycling, LLC. There are about 150 STAR sites in all of North Carolina, and Sonoco Recycling now claims two of those sites. The teams started working toward certification in 2015.
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