Top Dairy Brands Sign Up To Reduce Packaging Waste

Unveiled on Thursday (4 March), Courtauld 2 is the successor to the highly successful initiative set up in 2005 by food suppliers, retailers and the government’s Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Signatories have committed to reduce the carbon impact of their packaging by 10 per cent over the next three years.

A range of measures will be used by dairy company signatories, including lightweighting milk bottles, increasing the use of recycled plastic in bottles, reducing food waste and cutting supply chain waste.

Dairy UK Environment Manager Fergus McReynolds said: “Courtauld 2 is a significant step forward for the food industry. The overriding target of a 10 per cent reduction in the carbon impact of packaging will complement the work under way through the dairy industry’s Milk Roadmap.

“By the end of this year, 10 per cent of the plastic in milk bottles will come from recycled materials and by 2012, the industry will be well on the way towards hitting a 30 per cent target.

“Dairy UK’s major processing members have also vowed to eliminate almost all factory waste from major sites by 2015. And we are working with WRAP to give consumers better advice on storing and using up dairy products to cut food waste. Hitting these targets should allow us to exceed our commitment under Courtauld 2.”

Andy Dawe, WRAP’s head of retail said: “The support of the dairy industry is very important for Courtauld Commitment 2 and we’re very proud that Arla, Dairy Crest, Danone Dairies, Muller Dairies and Robert Wiseman are founding signatories. We are keen to continue our close relationship with the industry to deliver innovative projects to achieve the new targets.”

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