Nestlé Waters UK
agrees hydro power
deal
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always strive to make our products as
sustainable as possible.
"Bottled water is widely recognised
as having the lowest environment
footprint of all packaged beverages
and this initiative brings us closer to
zero environmental impact and sees
bottled water production actually
powered by water!”
Jamie Needle, Development Manager
at Derwent Hydroelectric Power,
commented:
“We are very pleased to have agreed
to provide hydroelectric power to
Nestlé Waters generated at our site
in Belper on the river Derwent, and at
The Nestlé Waters UK bottling plant in
Today’s announcement is another
Buxton is now generating 30% of the
step forwards for Nestlé Waters
electricity it uses from water itself.
UK, whose factory in Buxton was
three years.
The site will be supporting its local
built with sustainability in mind and
"As a hydroelectric generator,
is already one of Europe’s most
sustainability is at the heart of our
innovative and efficient bottling
business model, which is why we
Ltd., a local hydroelectricity supplier.
facilities.
are delighted to be partnering with
The electricity generated at three
Charlie Roberts, Buxton Factory
Nestlé Waters to help their operations
community by sourcing electricity
from Derwent Hydroelectric Power
two of our other sites, over the next
become as environmentally
of the facilities owned by the
Manager, said:
organisation, including the Belper
“Buxton is already one of the most
Mills site, will be purchased for use at
state-of-the-art factories for bottling
the Nestlé Waters factory in Buxton,
water in Europe. We frequently
making up approximately 30% of the
produce more than 2 million bottles
electricity used there and meaning
in a day of natural mineral and spring
renewable sources.
consumers can now enjoy bottled
water, giving people the chance to
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water, powered by water.
choose a healthy beverage, and we
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sustainable as possible.”
Earlier this month Nestlé announced
that of its grid-supplied electricity in
the UK and Ireland now comes from