| Dec. 23 -- Dean Foods has set goals of reducing waste throughout its
dairy operations and turning its corporate headquarters into a zero
waste facility. Information about the company´s environmental management
and other initiatives are detailed in its 2010 Corporate Responsibility
Report, which was released this week.
The food company this year said it hired an outside company to collect
and manage solid waste disposal and recycling operations. In 2009, the
company sent 74,000 tons of waste to landfill and will use that figure
as a baseline for comparison in future years. The overall goal for waste
reduction is 30%, the company said, with data being collected for all
plants.
For the past three years, the company´s WhiteWave Foods corporate office
in Colorado has been working towards becoming a zero waste facility.
The company now recycles commingled containers, paper and cardboard
while composting organics. In the past two years, the company has
composted 87,700 pounds of material and distributed compost to employees
each spring for use in home gardens.
This is the second year the company has released a corporate responsibility report.
"As we work to transform our business, we are committed to doing it in a
way that is right for us, right for consumers, right for our retail
customers and right for the environment," wrote Gregg L. Engles, CEO and
chairman of the board for Dean Foods.
The report is available here.
Contact Waste & Recycling News reporter Amanda Smith-Teutsch at 330-865-6166 or asmith-teutsch@crain.com | 
