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%.
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.
McCain Foods recently constructed an anaerobic lagoon and three wind turbines at their Whittlesey site, helping to offset operational costs and potentially generating 32,200MWh of alternative energy each year.
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.
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.
Sainsbury’s has an overall target to reduce CO2 emissions per square metre by 25% by 2012 in its stores. This case study shows how its new flagship store in Dartmouth was built with consideration for the use of energy, water, waste, timber and land.
The Co-operative Group is one of the largest purchasers of green electricity in the world. It's renewal energy installations includes wind farms and a small hydro project, and by 2012 the Group aims to source 15% of its own energy from these renewable energy sources.
Warburtons is working to reduce its fuel use and carbon emissions by increasing load fill, using alternative fuels, optimising routes and improving driving techniques.
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