Increase recycling of packaging
本実例には、リサイクリング、包装材料の改善、バイオガス生産のような其の他処理に仕向けられる廃物資源の回収を収載しています。
Mengniu sustainability programmes - China
| Source : Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co., Ltd |
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Group has set up green industry chain, from farm to consumer. In 2011, Mengniu joined WWF China's "Carbon Reduction Pioneer" programme and committed to 5 year carbon reduction goals. It invested 6 mio RMB to establish first eco-grassland fund in China, supporting sustainable and ecological deployment of grassland. Its "green cash model" covers methane power generation, waste water and package recycling.
Mengniu is building a methane power generation plant, the Mengniu Aoya Modern Farm. Per day, this will be able to generate 11K cubic meters of methane, generating 30,000 kWh of electricity and 35 tonnes of organic fertiliser.
Mengniu has also invested 400 mio RMB into processing waste water, 15 mio tonnes reached 1st level standards of waste water discharge, and is reused. In terms of packaging, Mengniu committed to use carton material from sustainable certified forests, which meets low carbon and green standards.
The Mengniu sustainability programme has won the 2011 IDF Dairy Innovation Award for the Best environmental sustainability initiative.
Arla’s Environmental Strategy 2020 sets new standards
| Source : Arla Foods |
Arla’s new environmental strategy for 2020 aims high.
From focusing exclusively on the impact from production, transport and packaging, the recently completed strategy plan now encompasses the entire environmental impact of dairy products - right from the farm to the consumers’ wheelie bins.
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Arla Foods work with resource efficiency – the case of packaging in Denmark and the UK
| Source : Arla Foods |
- Arla produces about one thousand different types of packaging.
- The Arla ‘Closer to Nature’ initiative requires Arla to reduce the amount of packaging and those used have minimal environmental impact.
- Arla UK plastic milk bottles are made from less plastic than others. They also contain 15% recycled plastic, since October 2010 resulting in a reduction of 4,500 tonnes of virgin HDPE plastic.
- In Denmark, the fact that consumers are selecting (in a trial) the more environmentally friendly Harmonie milk carton will result in a saving of some 4,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
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Dairy Roadmap - United Kingdom
| Source : DairyCo |
In May 2008, the Dairy Supply Chain Forum through an industry wide working group identified a set of ambitious environmental reduction targets for the fluid milk supply chain. The dairy supply chain has made significant progress since the development of the original document. The release of the Dairy Roadmap in May 2011 not only reports on the progress made against the agreed 2010 targets, it now also encompasses more than just the fluid milk, which is indicative of the extent to which the whole dairy sector has adopted and is committed to delivering the targets associated with this initiative.
Progress to date is encouraging, though the sector is aware that it cannot rest as the targets for 2015 and 2020 are just as challenging!
The Dairy Roadmap is a ‘living’ document and future targets are under constant review to ensure the industry is continually challenging itself and taking account of evolving external factors.
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Increase recycling of packaging
| Source : Tetra Pak International |
Tetra Pak’s goal is to facilitate recycling in every country it operates. To do this Tetra Pak works with recyclers, local authorities and customers and is setting market-by-market targets.
In 2010, over 30 billion Tetra Pak cartons were recycled globally, a twofold increase since 2002.
Within its new environmental programme announced in 2011, Tetra Pak committed to help double the global recycling rates of its used beverage cartons by 2020. With an estimated 5% annual growth rate achieving this goal would mean that about 100 billion used beverage cartons are recycled in 2020 alone.
In Europe beverage cartons reached a 36% recycling rate in 2010 and achieved a combined rate for recycling and energy recovery of 65%. See www.beveragecarton.eu
4L Natrel milk packaging: Agropur - Canada
| Source : Agropur cooperative |
The 4L Natrel milk packaging was also changed: in addition to being recyclable, the outside bags are now oxo-biodegradable, which means that when exposed to oxygen and sunlight, the bags will decompose within three years, leaving only water, carbon dioxide and organic matter
2008 Annual Report Agropur cooperative
Reducing use of plastics - Canada
| Source : Saputo |
- Through the sustained improvement of techniques and equipment, Saputo aims to produce more, while minimizing waste and maximizing our use of raw materials while maintaining or even improving the quality of our products.
- Among our initiatives, our Canadian fluid milk packaging operations have reduced their use of plastics by optimizing the design of certain bottles and reducing the thickness of the inner milk plastic bags. These changes have resulted in a reduction of high- and low-density polyethylene of 581 metric tons per year, or a 7.7% reduced requirement of plastic on these goods. In the US, we eliminated 59% of our corrugated paper requirement on certain deli-cups by choosing a packaging format that combines corrugated paper pads and low-density polyethylene film while maintaining our product’s integrity
Milk Roadmap recycling of plastics – United Kingdom
| Source : Milk Roadmap - Dairy UK |
Target: 10% recycled plastics in packaging materials
- The processing sector is working towards the target of 10% recycled plastics in milk bottles. As mentioned earlier, Greenstar WES has become the first approved UK based supplier of rHDPE for use in milk bottles, with 2 major dairy companies so far providing approval for the use of 10% of the recycled HDPE to be used in the supply of plastic for use in milk bottles
- Over the next 12 months it is expected that additional dairy companies in the UK will approve the use of rHDPE in milk bottles and the sector is working with plastic reprocessing companies and milk bottle manufactures on gaining approval for the use of rHDPE in milk bottles.
- With additional dairy companies approving the use of rHDPE in milk bottles and the development of additional processing capacity in the UK for the production of rHDPE, it is expected that the industry will meet the target of 10% rHDPE content in milk bottles by the end of 2010
- Continued success in this area will depend upon the growth in doorstep collection of recycled post consumer waste from the doorstep which is being encouraged by DEFRA and WRAP, and needs to be supported by initiatives from Local and National Government
Target Status:
- On target: Should reach 10% incorporation rate for milk bottles by end of 2010
Dairy Crest chases 5,000 tonne reduction in milk packaging waste – United Kingdom
| Source : Dairy UK |
- Dairy Crest has developed a prototype handle-free plastic bottle, which could save the dairy industry 5,000 tonnes of packaging waste each year. The one- and two-pint bottles require 10% less plastic to make than standard bottles.
- Dairy Crest is already supplying Marks and Spencer with milk in HDPE bottles containing 10% recycled plastic.
Milk Link launches recycled cheese packaging – United Kingdom
| Source : Dairy UK |
- Milk Link is now using 23% less primary packaging material on its products, sourcing 25% of packaging from recycled raw material and ensuring that 39% of packaging can itself be recycled. All this is being achieved without compromising pack quality.
- The initiative was trialled at first with Marks and Spencer, but is now being rolled out to other Milk Link customers. All retail cheese will be converted to the new packaging by early 2009.
Recycling of cardboard - Australia
| Source : Bega Cheese |
- Recycling of 1,500 tonnes/year of cardboard to Visy board and +65% recycle content in carton used for products
Packaging improvements - Australia
| Source : Australian Dairy |
National Foods Salisbury installed a shredder that removed liquid from plastic and cardboard. The waste disposal company now accepts this cleaner waste for recycling instead of landfill. The Penrith site installed a bailer, which compacts its cardboard and a bottle crusher to compact plastic waste allowing the site to recycle 95% of its waste cardboard and plastics.
- Similarly, the Campbellfield site recycles 9 tonnes of cardboard per month since installing a compactor and tippler bin hoist. Costing $25,000, it paid for itself in just over a year through reduced landfill charges.
Murray Goulburn (MG) Leitchville uses a carton-less cheese packing process, saving 83 tonnes of cardboard per year. The cheese blocks are transferred into stainless steel hoops to cool, improving their shape and reducing off-cuts during the natural cut process. Depending on customer requirements, these blocks are packaged into either cardboard cartons or bulk bins, or placed directly onto pallets as un-cartoned blocks
- As the customer does not have to de-carton the blocks, it helps MG reach its targets of reduced packaging and improves manual handling. MG saves another 4 tonnes of cardboard a year by changing the Cryovac cheese bag packaging from cardboard to shrink wrap. This reduces the weight of the packaging and the labour time required to transfer cheese bags out of the cardboard and into plastic containers before entering the production area
Australian Dairy Manufacturing Sustainability Report 2007/08
Packaging efficiencies - Australia
| Source : Australian Dairy |
Norco Foods Raleigh saves $25,000 per year by implementing a minor program change to the product fillers. This change flushes pasteurised water through cleaned product lines prior to production and reduces losses during product change over.
National Foods Hobart made alterations to their carton packer to reduce losses. These included:
- Closing the loop on the cooling water of the top press and guide rails instead of the once pass system saves about 3 ML of town water per year.
- Relocating the vacuum pump to reduce pipe work and improve suction, thereby reducing the number of mis-picks by about 50 per day. For every mis-pick, three cartons were removed. Over a year, this saves about 35,000-40,000 cartons.
- Adjusting the magazine carts to allow them to be individually tuned to maximise performance. This provided a noticeable decrease in miss picked cartons.
- Adjusting the filler guides to perform more accurately, reduced the number of damaged cartons per day
Australian Dairy Manufacturing Sustainability Report 2007/08
Resource efficiency - Greece
| Source : IDF National Committee of Greece |
- Increase recycling of packaging: very limited reuse of glass milk bottles have been achieved. However, the main packaging material is paper which is reused as recycled paper.
- Use of packaging with the lowest environmental impact: it has become almost universal the use of paper packaging for milk, which is environmentally, friendly. For other milk products various materials are used, mainly plastic. No special care is given to the recycling of this kind of packaging material.
- Increase recovery of waste: limited progress has been done in this area.
Recycling of empty packages from hygiene products used on dairy farms - France
| Source : IDF National Committee of France |
Context
The lack of a specific collection for empty packages from hygiene products used on dairy farms leads to their destruction.
Action
Feasibility study on a national network for the management of empty packages from hygiene products used on dairy farms for milking cleaning equipment or mammary hygiene. The network consists in the organisation of collection system for empty can and their recycling. This program is currently in an experimental phase.
Leader
CNIEL
Calendar
2007-2010
Impact
Around1500T of empty packages are produced each year. The objective is to recycle 70% by 2013
Recycling of end product packaging - France
| Source : IDF National Committee of France |
Context
“Eco Emballage” and collection/recycling networks were created in 1992. In 2007, more than 60% of food packaging materials were recycled.
Action
An agreement between the food industry and Eco Emballages targets a recycling rate of 75% by 2012, by the optimisation of collection and improvement of consumers information to improve selective sorting of household waste.
Leader
Eco Emballages / ANIA / Ministry of environment
Calendar
2008-2012
Impact
Avoid the emission of 11 million tons of CO2 by 2012 for the food industry.
‘Just for You!’: Agropur - Canada
| Source : Agropur cooperative |
December 2007, the organisation decided to launch a promotional campaign entitled Just for You! to encourage Agropur members and employees to be more conscious of the environment, by giving them a reusable bag for shopping, instead of using non-biodegradable plastic bags.
2008 Annual Report Agropur cooperative
Make the public aware of the advantage of selective sorting of household waste - France
| Source : IDF National Committee of France |
Action
Collective action leading to the printing of a pictogram on every value price milk carton and bottle, explaining the advantage of recycling, in addition to key messages to consumers.
Leader:
Syndilait / Eco Emballages
Calendar
Since 2006
Impact
Pictogram displayed on 800 000 millions litres/year (meaning a little more than 25% of milk sales in France)
