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See examples of how food & grocery companies are managing resources, recycling and reducing waste and using renewable energy.

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* Booker - Sustainable waste solutions for customers
Booker - Sustainable waste solutions for customers New
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See how Booker developed and maintained a used cooking oil (UCO) recycling service for catering customers
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* Dairy Crest - The world’s first recycled milk bottle
Dairy Crest - The world’s first recycled milk bottle
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Dairy Crest has achieved a world first by creating the world’s first recycled milk bottle, a food contact approved material that is made from post consumer waste.
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* GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) – Ribena 100% Recycled bottles
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) – Ribena 100% Recycled bottles
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has switched to using 100% recycled PET for its Ribena bottle range, helping to reduce its carbon footprint and the amount of packaging waste produced.
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* Greencore - Renewable energy from packaging and food waste
Greencore - Renewable energy from packaging and food waste
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Greencore's EnCycle project aims to recycle waste food and packaging into a biofuel for renewable energy. Once operational, Greencore will send virtually zero waste to landfill in the UK.
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* Heinz - water conservation
Heinz - water conservation
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Heinz is implementing water conservation measures to achieve a 20% reduction in water use per metric ton of production through reuse and improved techniques by 2015.
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* Kimberly-Clark - Sustainability strategy
Kimberly-Clark - Sustainability strategy
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Kimberly-Clark is partnering with non-business stakeholders and other companies in support of Sustainability strategy and promoting land-use practices that are both environmentally beneficial and economically sound.
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* Marks & Spencer and Closed Loop Recycling - Office Recycling
Marks & Spencer and Closed Loop Recycling - Office Recycling
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In March 2008 Closed Loop Recycling and Marks & Spencer launched an office recycling and collection service as part of the ‘Food to Go’ re-launch of sandwiches, salads and deli snacks to help reduce packaging waste.
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* Mars Drinks – ‘Thirsty for Change’ & offering sustainable drinks to the workplace
Mars Drinks – ‘Thirsty for Change’ & offering sustainable drinks to the workplace
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As part of its Thirsty for Change programme, Mars Drinks committed to achieving significant and challenging environmental targets by 2010, including sourcing 30% of its drinks from certified sustainable schemes.
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* Morrisons - Great Taste Less Waste
Morrisons - Great Taste Less Waste New
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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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* Nestlé fuels factories with coffee ground
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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* Produce World Group - Managing non-financial information to drive sustainability
Produce World Group - Managing non-financial information to drive sustainability
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Produce World Group embarked on an ambitious strategy to embed sustainability into its operations, utilising a dedicated online platform to meet KPIs on areas including energy, water and carbon intensity, waste, health and safety and resource use.
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* Robert Wiseman Dairies: Zero Waste to Landfill
Robert Wiseman Dairies: Zero Waste to Landfill
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Case study showing how Robert Wiseman Dairies is working towards achieving zero waste to landfill from all its 23 sites
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* Sainsbury’s – Food deliveries made by lorry running on rubbish
Sainsbury’s – Food deliveries made by lorry running on rubbish
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Sainsbury's will be the first supermarket to make its daily food deliveries to its new environmental store using a lorry which is powered by fuel produced from waste.
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* Sainsbury’s – Zero waste to landfill
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 - Empowering customers to tackle climate change
Tesco - Empowering customers to tackle climate change
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Tesco aims to play a positive role in tackling climate change by informing, encouraging and empowering its customers and encouraging long term behaviour change.
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* Tesco’s Approach to Tackling Climate Change
Tesco’s Approach to Tackling Climate Change
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Tesco is reducing its carbon footprint by embedding a sustainable, low carbon approach throughout the business. All new Tesco buildings will emit, on average, 50% less CO2e than a store built in 2006.
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* Unilever - Reducing waste through innovative design
Unilever - Reducing waste through innovative design
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Unilever's new Small and Mighty concentrates help the environment by using 40% less packaging compared to other dilute counterparts, and are lighter and more consumer friendly.
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* United Biscuits - Reducing Carbon Emissions
United Biscuits - Reducing Carbon Emissions
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United Biscuits is reducing CO2 emissions by using energy efficiently, reducing waste and exploring the viable use of alternative energy.
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* United Biscuits - Reducing Waste
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
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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