Food & Drink Process & Packaging Issue 22 2019 | Page 65

shortfall. If other sectors are to make on site - removing the need the retention of the energy and materials similar contributions, if we as a nation for thousands of waste vehicle embedded in waste, contributing to the and as a planet are to make sustainable movements per year decoupling of economic growth from choices, it is critical we calculate the cost of carbon on our natural world. Currently we’re scratching the surface with initiatives to curb carbon - to overturn the shortfall, we must think long term but act today.” Veolia is already at the forefront of green innovation: • • solutions for resource efficiency, Veolia is carbon positive and now saves over 2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions for its customers. Professor Nick Voulvoulis, Professor of Environmental Technology, Imperial College London led the research harvest renewable energy from commissioned by Veolia: sufficient water treatment sites “While effective new strategies and policies are urgently needed to ensure In our plastics facility in London we that UK greenhouse gas emissions process 300,000,000 bottles (HDPE) continue to fall, the Waste and Resource turning them into high quality food sector offers a great potential to reduce grade pellets for manufacturing the carbon shortfall in the country’s 4th We transform around 248,000 tonnes of food waste by-products natural resources.” and energy, and developing tailored At 50 water treatment works, we sludge helping to create self- • By manufacturing green products and 5th carbon budgets and to combat climate change. from manufacturing to generate The sector can facilitate the transition to renewable heat and electricity a green, zero waste economy, maximising Veolia www.veolia.co.uk FDPP - www.fdpp.co.uk 65