SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS
The devil is in the detail TimPrice explainswhy changes in theway inwhich the supply chain operates are integral to delivering results
The FMCG sector is under scrutiny to deliver significant savingswhen it comes to reducingwaste and overall environmental impact.
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TimPrice is the national commercial manager at sustainable waste company, DS Smith Recycling.
owever, it’s not something one company can achieve on its own – for real
results to be delivered the sector has towork collaboratively and change needs to be implemented at every stage in the supply chain. For some years now, the retail
sector, by and large, has been focused on reducing its environmental impact, andmany
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retailers have taken great steps to minimise the amount ofwaste they generatewhile increasing recycling and recovery rates at the same time. For instance, Tesco has diverted 100 per cent of itswaste fromgoing directly to landfill,while M&S iswell on theway to achieving its PlanAgoals in 2012. These achievements aren’t
just confined to the big five supermarkets. Indeed, up and down the high street, retailers large and small have made significant achievements in minimising the waste they generate and ensuring that what
does arise is recycled rather than going to landfill. This positivemomentumis
backed up by the BRC’s recent report ‘ABetter Retailing Climate: Towards Sustainable Retail’ and WRAP’s Courtauld Commitment, which recognise the breadth of activity that the sector is undertaking to tackle environmental impact. Indeed, since retailers committed to the BRC project, they have exceeded the target to send less than 15 per cent ofwaste to landfill by 2013 two years early – sending just 14 per cent ofwaste to landfill in 2011
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