Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda has stopped sending non-hazardous waste to landfill from its distribution centre in Dartford, Kent. The centre is recycling and composting all of it’s material, “down to the chicken fat in the canteen” after signing up to a zero waste to landfill target by 2010.
Asda expects to reach its target within two years, and is also redesigning all of its products to reduce packaging by 10% within the next 18 months. As part of the supermarket’s commitment to this target, they have invested £32million in four recycling facilities around the country.
“We’re opening our fifth recycling facility in Falkirk on November 13, and then we’ve more or less got the whole country covered. We’ve already reduced our waste from 140,000 tonnes five years ago to 90,000 tonnes this year, and it makes sense to look at sustainable alternatives to landfill.”
Ian Bowles, Asda’s corporate social responsibility manger
Via: letsrecycle.com