Working with Sonoco Recycling, the Birmingham Cascades Sonoco facility became landfill-free in June of 2011, and the York CorrFlex facility went landfill-free in October.
To achieve its Sonoco Sustainability Star Gold Tier landfill-free status, Sonoco requires 99% of all waste to be diverted from landfills.
The Cascades Sonoco plant is currently diverting all of its waste through a combination of recycling, the use of waste-to-energy alternatives and composting.
Brian Roach, Sonoco Recycling representative for the Cascades Sonoco plant, said: “One of our biggest challenges was food waste. Currently, we’re composting, and have plans to install disposals in our sinks to better help us handle food.”
The York CorrFlex facility achieved landfill-free status through a combination of waste-to-energy (WTE) landfill diversion and a comprehensive recycling programme.
Source: Sonoco
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