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Asda - Carrier Bag Amnesty
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| With Asda responsible for 2.2bn carrier bags in the UK each year, the retailer has pledged to reduce the environmental impact of the carrier bags by 25% next year. Bag recycling points, encouraging customers not to use bags and changing behaviour are all issues being tackled. |
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Asda - The Packaging Challenge
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| Asda's progress towards sending Zero Waste to Landfill by 2010 has significantly reduced their stores’ waste footprint. Now the retailer is working on reducing the amount packaging waste customers generate by supermarket shopping, such as excess packaging and plastic bags. |
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Convert2Green and 3663 - Turning waste into fuel
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| How Convert2Green use recycled waste vegetable oil from 3663 suppliers to produce a range of bio-fuels for use in vehicle fleets and to drive heat and power systems. This sustainable fuel reduces 3663's carbon emissions by 85%. |
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Heinz - Reducing weight, reducing cost: lightweighting can ends
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| With 5 billion cans sold every year in the UK, Heinz and WRAP have worked together to reduce the costs and environmental impact of their manufacture. The new Easy Open End cans have saved 1,400 tonnes of steel, are lightweight, and improve fuel efficiency. |
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| Kraft Foods has brought to market a number of projects which contribute towards their global target of less and better packaging. |
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| Kraft Foods new ideas have moved spent materials up the waste hierarchy to achieve zero waste direct to landfill. |
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| As well as cutting waste in their operations, Morrisons has launched its Great Taste Less Waste campaign, which aims to help customers reduce food waste in the home and save money. |
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| See how Morrisons’ Let’s Grow programme is teaching children how to become environmentally responsible with food by giving them a clearer understanding of local, sustainable produce from the start. |
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Nestlé - Packaging reduction
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| This case study shows how Nestlé UK and Ireland has a target to reduce packaging by 10% by 2010, against a 2006 baseline. Nestlé is committed to reducing waste in both packaging and food, with more than half of Nestlé’s packaging in the UK being recyclable. |
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Nestlé and FareShare 1st - Waste Reduction
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| Nestlé have been working with the charity FareShare to redistribute surplus food to communities who need it most. This project has reduced surplus going to landfill and provided nearly 200,000 meals. |
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Nestlé fuels factories with coffee ground
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| Nestlé has diverted 1.24m tonnes of coffee grounds from landfill over 20 years by recycling coffee grounds, a by-product of instant coffee manufacture. Reliance on gas is greatly reduced. |
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OPRL Ltd. - The On-Pack Recycling Label
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| The On-Pack Recycling Label scheme aims to deliver a simpler, UK-wide, consistent, recycling message on both retailer private label and brand-owner packaging to help consumers recycle more material, more often. |
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Sainsbury’s – Zero waste to landfill
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| Sainsbury’s currently generates around 56,000 tonnes of food waste every year. Thanks to a new initiative started last year, their vision is to send zero waste to landfill, and they are aiming to re-process all food and non-food waste by the end of 2010. |
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Tesco - Packaging reduction
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| Tesco has a target to reduce packaging weight by 25% on own-label and branded products by 2010 from a base line of 2005. So far the project has saved over 80,000 tonnes of packaging weight. |
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The Co-operative Food - Light-weighting bottles
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| The Co-operative Food recently developed a series of projects aiming to reduce the amount and weight of its own-brand packaging. By working closely with its own-brand suppliers, the initiative is expected to save hundreds of tonnes of glass each year. |
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| How packaging-free 'naked' cucumbers are helping The Co-operative Food’s business reduce waste by an estimated eight tonnes of plastic every year. |
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United Biscuits - Reducing Packaging
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| United Biscuits reduced its packaging waste by 6,800 tonnes in 2006 by adopting a reduce, recycle, reuse philosophy. This reduces the amount of packaging reaching consumers. |
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United Biscuits - Reducing Waste
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| United Biscuits is reducing its carbon emissions and energy use by recycling more waste. Reducing non-food waste generated by 10% each year means that by 2015 UB will send no waste to landfill. |
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Waitrose – Reducing waste
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| Waitrose is diverting waste away from landfill by reducing, reusing, recycling or recovering energy from all their commercial waste and packaging. |
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