Nestle Purina Moves the Needle on Waste Reduction Goals

SEATTLE (Waste 360): Nestlé Purina, a leader in pet care, is investing in innovative ways to reduce its environmental impact, helping to ensure a healthy future for pets and their owners. Over the past decade, Purina has significantly reduced its environmental footprint in the U.S., particularly across manufacturing operations, by working to reduce water usage, greenhouse gas emissions and waste in support of Nestlé’s 2020 sustainability commitments.

“At Purina, we’re committed to making high-quality and safe food for our pets and protecting the environment,” said Gopi Sandhu, director of engineering – sustainable operations at Nestlé Purina, in a statement. “The decisions we make today about the ways we address climate change, care for water and minimize waste are critical. Sustainability is a journey, and we’re focused on finding new ways to lessen our environmental impact each step of the way.”

As of year-end 2017, 75 percent of Purina facilities achieved zero waste to landfill, and the company is on track to be fully zero waste to landfill by 2020. Since 2007, the company has also improved its water use efficiency by nearly 25 percent and greenhouse gas emissions emitted per ton of production by 6.8 percent.

Additionally, Purina is increasing use of renewable electricity across the business. Today, 32 percent of electricity used at Purina comes from renewable sources, and in 2017, the company purchased enough green power to offset four of its factories. The company’s ambition is to procure 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources in support of its greenhouse gas reduction targets.

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