Sainsbury's recycling target achieved
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 10:23:44
A Sainsbury's supermarket based in South Derbyshire has announced that it met its goal of recycling every last scrap of waste it generates, according to the Burton Mail.
The store now sends no waste to landfill and, instead, manages to recycle everything, as well as encouraging customers to do the same.
It recently installed recycling bins which allow customers to recycle old mobile phone batteries and even used plastic bags.
The store itself obviously generates significant amounts of waste, including having to dispose of food products which are no longer saleable to consumers.
It has got around this in a number of ways. For example, the in-store bakery now donates all of its waste to a local animal sanctuary, where it can be put to good use.
Meanwhile, the serviceable food which is still fit for human consumption is passed onto food banks to help those in need.
General waste is still produced by the supermarket, but this is not simply sent to the tip. Instead, it is either recycled where possible, or taken and turned into fuel which, of course, has its own uses.
Spokesperson, Paul Wain, said that the store had set its sights high and managed to make the most of the recycling opportunities available to it. The environmental impact of this Sainsbury's outlet has been minimised and it is helping to make changes in the local community, by offering customers the option to part ways with their own waste in-store.
In our consumer culture it is often assumed that waste is unavoidable, particularly in an environment like a supermarket.
However, this Sainsbury's store has proven this to be a false assumption and should be held up as an example to other big chains, to show that a zero waste policy is attainable.
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