date:May 15, 2012
The IGDs Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) forum a group of food supply chain firms challenged its members, including food and drink manufacturers, to divert 150,000t of waste from landfill by December 2012.
But the target was exceeded by an estimated 45,000t by the end of last year, said the IGD. Increased use of anaerobic digestion and recycling facilities played a key role in the achievement, it added.
A second challenge to eliminate 75,000t of waste from the supply chain was also on co