Companies Reduce Waste
BUSINESSES FIND WAYS TO AVOID USING LANDFILLS FOR DISPOSAL
Posted: December 11, 2011 at 5:34 a.m.
Tim Broughton, vice president of McKee Foods’ Gentry operation, left, and Jim Twiggs, the company’s local green team leader, were pivotal in making the facility reach zero landfill status. The maker of Little Debbie and Sunbelt snacks is recycling all but 3 percent of waste created on site. The final 3 percent is sent to a company that turns waste to energy.
Dumpster diving is not a normal activity at McKee Foods, but it helped keep the Gentry facility from sending anything to the landfi ll.
BY THE NUMBERS
RECYCLING
Here is the amount of material McKee Foods recycles each year, companywide.
3,900 tons of cardboard
85 tons of paper ingredient bags
275 tons of mixed office paper
3 tons of plastic
3,000 gallons of used petroleum oil
89,000 pallets
1,850 used tires
550 batteries
550 tons of scrap metal
SOURCE: MCKEE FOODS
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