11 Feb 2008


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Waste to landfill to be a thing of the past for Wiseman

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Source : Robert Wiseman Dairies
Plans for Robert Wiseman Dairies to recycle 100% of the waste from its network of dairies and distribution depots in the UK, have been unveiled by the company.

The move follows a successful pilot scheme at the company's dairy at Bellshill, near Glasgow where the proportion of waste being recycled rather than sent to landfill rose to 85%.

The company is now committed to introducing a Zero Waste to Landfill policy by the end of this year, identifying alternative routes for the 1500 tonnes of waste generated per annum, to ensure it can all be recycled.

The Zero Waste project forms part of the company's strategy to help ensure the long term sustainability of the dairy industry. The large reductions in landfill mean the cost savings are significant and with large volumes of plastic and other materials being recycled the environmental benefits are significant.

The pilot scheme has provided a blueprint to train staff throughout the company's network of dairies and the scheme is also being introduced at the fifteen distribution depots and Wiseman's East Kilbride Headquarters.

Robert Wiseman, Chief Executive at Robert Wiseman Dairies, commented: “We are committed to reducing our impact on the environment and while it is a bold step to try and achieve zero waste to landfill, our pilot scheme has shown that big improvements can be made. We are confident that in the coming months we can move Bellshill to 100% recycling and our other dairies will follow suit.

“We understand this will be an incremental process that can not be achieved overnight but we are committed to improving the environmental performance of the business in the short term to ensure its long term sustainability.”

The move follows recent confirmation that Robert Wiseman Dairies has started full- scale trials of bio-fuels and liquid natural gas across its fleet of distinctive black and white vehicles.

The company has already invested £318 million in a state of the art dairy network situated close to the UK's major milk fields but on major motorway routes into the UK's main population centres.

The location of Wiseman's network of dairies plays a major role in minimising food miles whilst maximising the efficient daily processing and distribution of milk.

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