Kraft: Saving the Environment, One Slice at a Time

I always like to highlight it when companies we deal with every day are changing their policies to be more earth-friendly. One such news story I recently came across was involving Kraft, who, as you probably know, produces much of the brand-name cheese products found in your local grocery store (if you live in the United States).

Earlier, Kraft set forth goals to cut energy consumption by 25%, as well as to cut down on waste by 15%. However, they’re going a step further and testing out a new program at two of their New York cream cheese and string cheese factories in which they use whey (the by-product of cheese) to create energy.

They’ll turn the whey into bio-gas, which serves two purposes – to cut down on the company’s overall natural gas purchases and to reduce the amount of waste hauled away (which cuts down on both landfill overload and transportation needs). The whey will be able to produce enough energy to cover about 1/3 of each facility – or, enough energy to heat more than 2,600 local homes.

Cheers to Kraft for a responsible decision! You can read more about this story from GreenBiz.com.