Food & Drink Manufacturers Cut Water Use

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Food & Drink Manufacturers Cut Water Use

UKIndustries Signed the Federation House Commitment to Reduce Water UsageHave Cut Water Use by 1.35 Million Cubic Meters

The initiative, involving 70 signatories across 284 active sites, was launched by WRAP in partnership with the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).

Signatories, which include Kellogg's, Birds Eye, Heinz and Arla Foods, have managed to reduce their water use by nearly 16% between 2007 and 2013 - equivalent to 6.1 million m3 water or 2, 430 Olympic-size swimming pools, saving the industry £2 million.

They also achieved a 22% reduction of water intensity compared to the 2007 baseline, despite growing production. Wrap is confident that the progress made means that the firms will be able to reach the agreed target of 20% reduction of water use by 2020.

Source: Blue and Green Tomorrow

The main aim of the FHC is to contribute to an industry-wide 20% reduction in water use by 2020against a 2007 baseline. Production levels are taken into consideration by reporting water use per tonneof product, to reflect improved water efficiency accurately, independent of changes in manufacturing volumes.

To maintain individual company data confidentiality, water usage data is aggregated and reported on acollective basis.

The data discussed below include sites that have provided data for both 2007 and 2008 toshow the progress that has been made during the first year of the FHC.

Total water used (excluding that embedded in products) per tonne of product sees a decrease of 1.4%.
This baseline accounts for variability in production rates.The current dataset also shows that overall water use (excluding that embedded in products) has reduced by 1.7% since 2007, equating to more than 476 thousand cubic metres of water saved during 2008.

These results are encouraging and indicate that the industry has made a start on the path to meet the 2020 target of 20%. Some of the improvement actionsidentified are expected to save large quantities of water when fully implemented. However, some of these actions will take time to implement, since they are likelyto require changes to processing and greater capital investment.

Source: FDF

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