Nestlé's 150 European factories will send zero food waste to landfill by 2020. Sending zero waste to landfill in the UK by 2020 could result in household savings of £12 billion, public sector savings of £3.7 billion, over 1.1 terawatt hours of energy produced from waste, and 1.3 million tonnes of nutrients returned to soil. It could also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 27 million tonnes. Nestlé UK & Ireland aims to send zero waste to landfill from all of its factories by the end of 2015. The factory waste is used as fuel to power parts of the factories themselves.

1. Sources: clearfleau; vision 2020: uk roadmap to zero food waste to landfill;
global food waste not, want not, institute of mechanical engineers; wrap.co.uk
Nestlé’s 150 European factories will all comply by 2020.
What can you do to prevent food waste?
£12bn
household
savings
£3.7bn
public sector
savings
over
1.1twh
of energy
produced
1.3m
tonnes
of valuable
nutrients
returned to
the soil
27m
tonnes
less in
greenhouse
gas emissions
Sending zero waste to landfill
in the UK by 2020 could mean:
Food is a valuable resource that we should prevent from ending up in landfill
WASTE PIT
ANAEROBIC
DIGESTER
HEAT &
ELECTRICITY
Liquid waste
is fed into
the digester
Waste is
converted
to biogas
Waste sludge is used
for organic compost
Waste
ingredients
are sent to
the pit
97% less
effluent is
produced
Biogas is
converted
to heat and
electricity
TO POWER
THE FACTORY
of food
waste saved
OF Carbon
Saved
1,200
tonnes
1,002
tonnes
fewer
skips filled
70%
all of our factories will send
zero waste to landfill by end 2015
At NestlÉ UK & IRELAND,
The waste from producing
Nestlé favourites is used to
POWER PART OF THE FACTORY
4,000
tonnes
is generated
in distribution
distribution
3.2m
tonnes
is binned by
10,000 food
& drink
factories
Food & drink
manufacturing
7.2m
tonnes
is thrown
away by
households.
61% is
avoidable
households
1.2-2bn
tonnes
of vegetable
crops are not
harvested
because they
look‘imperfect’
agriculture
300,000
tonnes
come from
over-ordering,
damage or
looking
‘imperfect’
grocery retail
600,000
tonnes
is discarded
by hotels
and offices
Catering &
hospitality
6.2bn
litres
wastewater
20m
tonnes
greenhousegas
WHERE IT PRODUCES OVER
40%
ends up in landfill
14.8m
tonnes
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in the uk,
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