In a news release published Nov. 9, the payer said since 2010, it has cut the amount of waste it sends to landfills by 80 percent.
The company is also directing more than $700,000 to a new environmental justice grant.
“These are ambitious new goals. We are committed to improving our own operations and working with civic and not-for-profit leaders to accelerate environmental justice throughout the state to improve the health of our members, employees and the community,” BCBS Massachusetts CEO Andrew Dreyfus said in a news release.
