Smithfield Foods makes significant step toward achieving zero-waste-to-landfill in NC plants
The project will create a recycling facility that processes materials specifically from food production facilities to reduce solid waste to landfills 10% by 2020 across all locations.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., announced a key step toward achieving zero-waste-to-landfill status across its North Carolina processing facilities. Smithfield will achieve this goal with support from its newest partner, Waste Connections, Canada, in what is said to be a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a food company and waste services provider.
The project will create a recycling facility that processes materials specifically from food production facilities to reduce solid waste to landfills 10% by 2020 across all locations, according to Smithfield’s latest sustainability report.