For release: 8 June 2010
BSDA publishes second annual sustainability
report
The British Soft Drinks Association today published
its second annual sustainability report, showing the progress made
by Britain’s soft drinks industry towards its sustainability
goals.
The sustainability strategy was adopted in 2008,
with the aims of:
·
reducing carbon emissions
·
reducing waste and increasing recycling
·
reducing water use
·
reducing the external impacts of transport
A report is made every year on the progress made
towards these goals. The 2010 progress report includes the
following highlights:
On carbon emissions:
A G Barr is undertaking the preparatory work for
the installation of a 2MW wind turbine at its Cumbernauld
factory.
Britvic is switching over to hydrocarbon (HC) as
the refrigerant in its chillers, which is 22% more efficient than
the refrigerant gas which it replaces.
On reducing waste and increasing
recycling:
Most Coca-Cola factories are now sending zero waste
to landfill.
Princes has a range of projects which are expected
to more than double the proportion of recycled PET in Princes
bottles by the end of 2010 (from a baseline of 2008 usage).
Tetra Pak's focus in 2010 is to expand the number
of local authorities collecting cartons at the kerbside, to make it
as easy as possible for consumers to recycle their used cartons.
Recently Tetra Pak has announced that 25% of local authorities are
collecting cartons at the kerbside.
Vimto has changed from trays to pads for the
secondary packaging of its Panda products, resulting in around a 4
tonne reduction in the amount of cardboard used.
On reducing water use:
One of the sites manufacturing innocent smoothies
has reduced its water use by 30 per cent through eliminating
inefficiencies.
On reducing the external impacts of
transport:
Nestlé Waters has increased the proportion of
direct deliveries from its Buxton site from 3% to 55% over the last
4 years. This has reduced Buxton road miles by 20%, and a
typical bottle of Buxton mineral water now travels only 135 miles
to reach a customer’s delivery point.
BSDA president Roger White, chief executive of A G
Barr, said:
“The BSDA sustainability progress report shows that
this is not an industry which sits back but one which has an
on-going commitment to sustainability.”
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For further information, please
contact:
Richard Laming
Media Director
British Soft Drinks Association
Tel: 020 7400 3707 / 07879 654555
Email: rlaming@britishsoftdrinks.com
Website: www.britishsoftdrinks.com
Notes to Editors
1. The British Soft Drinks Association represents
the interests of producers and manufacturers of soft drinks
including carbonated drinks, still and dilutable drinks, fruit
juices and bottled water. BSDA members are responsible for the vast
majority of products on the British soft drinks market.
2. The Soft Drinks Industry Sustainability Strategy
Progress Report 2010 is available for download here.
3. For further information about the BSDA visit
http://www.britishsoftdrinks.com/.