Sainsbury's powers store with own waste

Partners with U.K waste management giant, Biffa
7/29/2014

One grocer's waste is another's power source. British supermarket Sainsbury's announced last week its Cannock location will be powered by its own food waste, effectively cutting down greenhouse gas emissions and waste costs. Sainsbury partnered with Biffa, one of the U.K.'s waste management giants, to make the project possible. At the end of each day, Sainsbury's will look at any product at the shelf that hasn't been bought. It will either be marked down, given to charities, or some stores will send appropriate food to be made into animal food. If the products aren't suitable for any of those avenues, it's delivered to an anaerobic digestion plant in Cannock. The electricity created in this plant is delivered directly back to Sainsbury's Cannock store via a 1.5km electricity cable. The project is in line with a number of other sustainability initiatives the store's taken on. Recently the retailer took out a $341 million "green" loan to finance other sustainability improvements. See below a video one Sainsbury location filmed encouraging shoppers not to waste. http://youtu.be/MF8IqtSULFs

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