Wales focus


Brewery is first Welsh business to sign pledge


Hugh Jones, Food & drink account manager for Wales, WRAP


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ELSH BREWER, S A Brain & Co has become the first Wales-based signatory of a grocery industry responsibility deal on waste.


WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action


Programme) Courtauld Commitment 2 aims to reduce the environmental impact of the grocery sector and make food and drink manufacturers, retailers and suppliers more resource efficient. WRAP works closely with the signatories,


which include food and drink manufacturers and supermarkets, to develop plans to help their businesses achieve the following: • Cut costs and reduce waste and carbon dioxide emissions.


• Meet consumer demand for less waste. • Improve industry practice/help to drive sector innovation.


• Improve resource efficiency of products and their packaging.


• Create a support network for change.


• Be in a better position to respond to a carbon constrained future. Every year in the UK the average household


with children wastes £680 worth of edible food, while the retail supply chain as a whole produces £5 billion worth of food, drink and packaging waste. The Courtauld Commitment 2 aims to tackle this by: • Reducing the carbon footprint of packaging by 10%.


• Reducing household food and drink waste by 4%.


• Reducing product and packaging waste in the grocery supply chain by 5%. Bill Dobson, head brewer at Brains,


says: “At Brains we take our environmental responsibilities seriously. “We have already introduced new


lightweight glass bottles to reduce the amount of raw materials we use, and are continuously looking to improve our supply chain to reduce waste and improve recycling. “We’re proud to be Wales’ first Courtauld


Commitment 2 signatory and look forward to working closely with WRAP to develop our resource efficiency plans.” A WRAP spokesperson added: “More and more food


and drink manufacturers and retailers are making resource efficiency an integral part of their plans, which is why some of Britain’s biggest brands have signed up to the Courtauld Commitment 2. “It’s great news that they’ve been joined


by such an iconic Welsh business as Brains. I hope that other Welsh businesses follow its lead, and commit to reducing their waste and recycling more.” Although the Courtauld Commitment 2 is


a UK-wide initiative, it ties in closely to the Welsh government’s target of recycling 70% of all waste by 2025. Environment minister, John Griffiths says:


“We know from the recent municipal recycling and waste statistics that Welsh householders are recycling more than ever before. “But we all need to do more if we are to


reach our target of recycling 70% of all waste by 2025 and being zero waste by 2050. “That’s why it’s important that retailers


and manufacturers play their part too; both in reducing the amount of waste they produce, and encouraging householders to do the same. “I am delighted that Wales has its first Courtauld Commitment 2 signatory in the


Left to right: Bill Dobson, S A Brain & Co and Hugh Jones, WRAP


shape of Brains, and I call on other Welsh producers, suppliers and retailers to make the pledge and do what they can to cut waste,” adds the minister.


Polymer Extrusions opt for the Spider


GWENT-BASED POLYMER Extrusions have increased throughput capability by more than 37% with the purchase of a new generation WEIMA Spider1500H/90kW single shaft shredder, supplied by Fercell Engineering. William Clayton,MD of Polymer


Extrusions, said: “Product demand from the sector commands the highest quality and at very short lead times. Such a capital investment was dictated by our current plants’ ‘tiredness’ to meet demand. “Fercell Engineering presented a very attractive proposition to


include a machine trail at their test and training facility at Aylesford, Kent, where we were encouraged to supply our own material to ensure output volumes, fraction size consistency and quality.” Clayton again: “We also


took the opportunity to discuss bespoke requirements of the installation with their design and fabrication engineers. Being able to supply the Spider ex UK stock was also of significance in our final decision.” “This particular machine’s


industry-unique modular system and many other innovative features convinced us this machine would


grow with the business, future proofing our investment.” Processing carpet manufacturing


remnant and lump PP plastic, the Spider is supplied with the “F” 1500m x 450mm rotor holding 116 40mm x 40mm concave reversible knives and a hydraulically operated 50mm sectional screen basket. The four-sided segmented hopper


floor averts material jamming between floor and ram and with fast hydraulics and ram combs throughput volumes are greatly increased with lower energy; hence higher profits.


• For more details, visit www.fercell. com/www.weimauk.com


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Welsh Trust receives extra funding


ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, John Griffiths, has announced funding of £682,621 to allow a social enterprise to continue providing recycling services in Presteigne and Norton and to extend its work. Residents of Presteigne currently recycle more than three quarters of their waste (76%). The Cwm Harry Land Trust will


continue its kerbside recycling service in the two towns. It is also supporting Powys County Council’s roll-out of a new kerbside sort recycling service across the county. Cwym Harry Land Trust has previously received funding from the Cylch Zero Waste Fund to develop community based recycling service that has decreased waste produce in the area and increased recycling rates. The Trust will also use this


funding to establish a ‘zero waste hub’ at Abermule, Powys. This will include a training centre and provide services so local businesses can work together to turn waste into resources. The minister said: “These


projects in Powys are excellent examples of the results that can be achieved when communities work together to meet simple goals. I wish the council every success with its new recycling scheme. Wales leads the way with the highest recycling rate of any UK country and latest figures show that between July and September 2011 the people of Wales recycled a record breaking 49% of their waste. We are working hard to ensure that this figure keeps rising.”


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