Speaker 13 Mr James Cherry Environmental Manager Greencore Group james.cherry@greencore.com
Greencore Group • Ingredients: • Convenience Foods: – Malts – Sandwiches – Sugar – Chilled meals – Agricultural supplies – Cakes & Desserts – Mineral water • Joint Ventures: – Frozen Yorkshire puddings – Molasses – Frozen desserts – Flour – Pickles, sauces & – Yeast dressings – Quiche, meat spreads – Chilled sauces & soups
Key Locations around Europe
Waste Management • Greencore philosophy on waste: – Priorities for sustainability in line with waste hierarchy Eliminate Best environmental option for dealing with waste – avoid producing it! Reduce Waste minimisation should be applied to all types of waste Reuse Is there an alternative use for the material? Recycle Conversion of waste materials to re-make raw materials or alternate products Recover Conversion of waste materials into useful energy Dispose The worst environmental option. This should be the last resort!
Waste Management • Inevitably end up with some waste for disposal (mainly food & contaminated packaging) • Currently going to landfill • Challenge to move up the hierarchy • Target zero waste to landfill • Solution = renewable energy from waste food & contaminated packaging • Note – original driver was ABP regs
Process Sequence: 3 main stages INETEC INETEC MACHINES MACHINES PRE - - STORAGE PRE STORAGE SHREDDER SHREDDER FEED FEED RECEPTION RECEPTION LIQUID LIQUID STORAGE STORAGE ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINE EXHAUST ENGINE EXHAUST ENERGY ENERGY GENERATOR GENERATOR ENGINE ENGINE GAS GAS BLAST BLAST CONVERTER CONVERTER COOLER COOLER SCRUBBER SCRUBBER Ash Residue Ash Residue Carbon Activation Carbon Activation
The Process Waste Collection • Standard collection methods • Process can cope with mixed food and packaging waste • Process can cope with a range of packaging materials including glass • No need to segregate (Note: segregation systems will be maintained to optimise recycling opportunities)
Closing the loop • Once operational Greencore will send virtually zero waste to landfill • Our own waste can be used to provide renewable energy to run our processes • Renewable energy replaces fossil fuels • Increased recycling from difficult wastes (e.g. glass jar of sauce with metal cap) • As network develops – more localised solution for waste recovery and renewable energy
Now for a little more information on the process and the technology…………..
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