The Farmers Mart Feb-Mar 2018 - Issue 55 | Page 15

FARM NEWS 15
• FEB/MAR 2018
Commitment to
evidence-led approach
Dairy UK welcomes the publication of the 25 Year
Environment Plan and supports the Government’s aim to
deliver an environmentally sustainable future. We are
encouraged by the commitment to evidence-led policy in
conjunction with industry and look forward to working
with the Government on the delivery of these goals.
THE UK dairy sector recognises
the role it plays in delivering safe,
nutritious and sustainable produce.
Through the Dairy Roadmap, we
have continued to set targets aiming
to reduce the industry’s environ-
mental footprint. Included in these
targets are commitments to im-
prove biodiversity, lower emissions
and to send zero ex-factory waste
to landfill by 2020. The industry has
also pledged to improve the design
of dairy packaging to maximise
recycled content, improve recycla-
bility and deliver product protection
to reduce food waste.
Our commitment to sustainability
was evidenced in the results of the
2017 Dairy UK Environmental Bench-
marking Report, which detailed im-
pressive improvements made since
2008 across a wide range of envi-
ronmental indicators, including a
30% shift in the destination of waste
away from landfill, toward recovery
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and recycling. Never complacent,
we remain committed to continual
improvement and achieving an
environmentally sustainable future
for dairy.
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