Food Waste Fuel Initiatives

Sainsbury’s and RenECO are working together to help the retailer to transform food waste from its logistics centers into fuel to use in a number of its HGV trucks. The initiative will see food waste from Sainsbury's transformed into biofuel that can be used to power 30 trucks at the brand's Emerald Park distribution center in Bristol, which accounts for half of the location's fleet. This will reportedly save more than 3,000-tones of carbon dioxide from being produced on a year basis, which is the equivalent of yearly electricity use from around 1,950 households, for perspective.

Chief Property and Procurement Officer Patrick Dunne commented on the Sainsbury’s and RenECO initiative saying, "Today’s announcement underscores the power that collaboration has in driving impactful change across business. We are proud to have worked closely with our supplier RenECO to deliver a pioneering move that supports our commitment to circularity and helps us to take a further step towards becoming net zero across our operations by 2035.”