ConAgra Foods Announces Zero Waste Champions
November 20 2015 - 1:35PM
Business Wire
ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) – Continuing in its journey
toward zero waste, and in recognition of last week’s America
Recycles Day, ConAgra Foods announced its annual Zero Waste
Champion award winners. The company recognized 34 facilities that
have reached a major environmental milestone: diverting more than
95 percent of solid waste from landfills through donation, reuse
and recycling. The facilities represent more than 80 percent of the
company’s total waste generation and have helped the company
achieve a 94 percent waste diversion rate in fiscal year 2015.
“In our fifth year of this program, we continue to see
impressive engagement and commitment from our plant employees, who
are key to achieving this kind of success,” said Gail Tavill, vice
president, Packaging and Sustainable Productivity, ConAgra Foods.
“Adding more locations each year to our list of champions is a
great stride forward, and we will continue to work toward having
all of our facilities reach this milestone.”
ConAgra Foods’ zero waste strategy focuses on strategically
reducing the amount of waste generated in facilities and avoiding
the creation of landfill materials by finding the most effective
use for unavoidable wastes via donation, recycling, animal feed or
other value streams. ConAgra Foods’ 2020 sustainability vision
includes reducing waste generated by one billion pounds, while
maintaining its commitment to diverting valuable materials from
landfills. ConAgra Foods prefers the term “by-products” rather than
“waste” to encourage imaginative ways to donate, reuse and recycle
materials.
In addition to recognizing its Zero Waste Champions, ConAgra
Foods has also earned a position on the S&P Climate Disclosure
Leadership Index (CDLI), which was released earlier this week in
the Carbon Disclosure Project’s annual global climate change
report. ConAgra Foods scored 99 out of 100 possible points, making
the top 10 percent of companies in the index related to disclosure
and transparency of carbon emissions and energy data.
ConAgra Foods’ 2015 Zero Waste Champion award winners include:
American Falls, Idaho; Battle Creek, Mich.; Brantford, Canada;
Boardman, Ore. (two winners – Boardman East and Boardman West);
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Connell, Wash.; Columbia, S.C.; Cranbury, N.J.;
Delta, Canada; Dresden, Canada; Excelsior Springs, Mo.; Forest
Park, Ga.; Hamburg, Iowa; Hanover, Penn.; Hermiston, Ore.;
Irapuato, Mexico; Kent, Wash.; Lake View, Iowa; Lakeville, Minn.;
Lancaster, Ohio; Maple Grove, Minn.; Park Rapids, Minn.; Pasco,
Wash. (two winners – Columbia Basin Blends and the Pasco plant);
Paterson, Wash.; Quincy, Wash.; Richland, Wash.; Sparks, Nev.;
Taber, Canada; Tolleson, Ariz.; Tonawanda, N.Y.; Twin Falls, Idaho;
and Warden, Wash.
About ConAgra FoodsConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG) is one
of North America's largest packaged food companies with branded and
private label food found in 99 percent of America’s households, as
well as a strong commercial foods business serving restaurants and
foodservice operations globally. Consumers can find recognized
brands such as Marie Callender's®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®,
Hebrew National®, Orville Redenbacher's®, Peter Pan®, Reddi-wip®,
PAM®, Snack Pack®, Banquet®, Chef Boyardee®, Egg Beaters®, Hunt’s®
and many other ConAgra Foods brands, along with food sold by
ConAgra Foods under private labels, in grocery, convenience, mass
merchandise, club and drug stores. Additionally, ConAgra Foods
supplies frozen potato and sweet potato products as well as other
vegetable, spice, and bakery products to commercial and foodservice
customers. ConAgra Foods operates ReadySetEat.com, an interactive
recipe website that provides consumers with easy dinner recipes and
more. For more information, please visit us at
www.conagrafoods.com.
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