US Foods, one of the nation’s largest foodservice distributors, demonstrates that systematically reducing a company’s environmental footprint can result in significant savings and a competitive advantage. Their San Francisco Division, based in Livermore, recycles cardboard, paper, shrink-wrap and other materials, and is progressively designing waste out of their operations with reusable instead of disposable packaging.
Recycling efforts alone save the facility over $90,000 annually in avoided disposal costs and recycling revenue. In addition, the division recycles water from refrigeration units, runs its fleet of delivery trucks on a biodiesel blend, has slashed electricity consumption by 37% and supplies over a third of the facility’s remaining energy needs with its own 1MW solar array.
But US Foods’ commitment to sustainability doesn’t stop here. Their Livermore location actively works with vendors and customers to help them green their own operations, too. This has earned the company the 2011 StopWaste Business Partnership Mentor Award from local public agency StopWaste.Org, whose staff has supported US Foods in their waste reduction efforts since 2006.
US Foods is one of 11 Alameda County organizations honored by StopWaste.Org for outstanding achievements in waste reduction and environmental performance. They are the first to receive the Mentor Award, a category added to the 13-year-old recognition program last year.
Read more on the www.stopwaste.org website here.
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