We are using a scientific life-cycle assessment approach, along with the waste hierarchy, to deliver change: reducing and recycling our direct waste, and redesigning and minimising our packaging.
Our pledges on waste and packaging
- Reduce PIUK total waste to landfill by a further 20% during 2008
- Achieve zero landfill waste across our total supply chain within 10 years
- Commission life-cycle assessments of our major packaging materials to identify optimal choices for greenhouse gas and water reduction
- All Quaker and Walkers packaging to be renewable, recyclable or biodegradable within 10 years
- Quaker and Walkers to roll out Forestry Stewardship Council paper-based packaging, where appropriate, within 3 years
- Donate surplus Tropicana and Copella to breakfast clubs in deprived communities, diverting them from landfill
- Reduce Walkers packaging weight by a further 10% by 2010
Our achievements on waste and packaging
- Total PIUK waste reduced by 22.6% during 2007
- Total PIUK waste to landfill reduced by 23.6% during 2007
- 18% less plastic used in Tropicana and Copella bottles
- 14% less plastic used in Walkers Crisps multipacks
- 16% less cardboard used in Walkers cases
- Starch generated from slicing and washing potatoes was re-used to make our snack products, reducing our raw material footprint
