Efforts run gamut from recycling and conservation to greenhouse gas and food waste reduction
With this week bringing Earth Day, supermarket chains are spotlighting a range of sustainability and environmental initiatives, from recycling and food waste reduction to climate change and conservation.
Leading into the annual celebration of eco-consciousness, held April 22, Texas grocer H-E-B announced that it has joined the How2Recycle program to bolster recycling efforts across the state. The program brings easy-to-read product labels to store shelves to signify to customers if an item’s packaging can be recycled, which parts are recyclable and how to prepare the material for recycling.
Hannaford says no food waste from any of its stores will be sent to landfills anymore
Hannaford said it partnered with Agri-Cycle, a food waste recycling company based in Scarborough, to turn food unsuitable for human & animal consumption into energy Author: Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 3:05 PM EDT April 20, 2021 Updated: 3:05 PM EDT April 20, 2021
SCARBOROUGH, Maine Hannaford on Tuesday announced that each of its 183 stores donates or diverts all food at risk of going to waste, sending no food at all to landfills.
Hannaford said in a release that it achieved the milestone with a multi-pronged approach focused on first preventing food waste through strategic product ordering and management at the store level.
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Hannaford is First Grocery Chain in Region to Announce 0 Food Waste
According to WABI TV 5, Hannaford is now the first grocery store chain in the entire region to say that they send no food at all to landfills. So, what happens when they end up needing to get rid of food that is no longer good to sell?
Hannaford has a partnership with Agri-Cycle which is a Scarborough-based company which takes food that is no longer suitable for people and animals and turns that food into energy. And how much food does Hannaford send to Agri-Cycle? Well, we re not sure of the exact weight per month, but we do know that all 183 Hannaford stores are sending their unused food to Agri-Cycle.
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