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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 - Waste reduction
Booker - Waste reduction
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Over the past 10 years, Booker has been recycling packaging waste, reducing the volume of waste sent to landfill, and is also looking at finding ways to convert waste to energy.
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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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* 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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