Waste Minimisation Award
Company: Framptons Ltd
Contact: Caroline Burgess 01749 341000 http://www.framptons.ltd.co.uk
Location: Shepton Mallet
Shepton Mallet based Framptons Ltd, a family run food manufacturer and contract packer that has been in business
since 1898, won the Waste Minimisation Award, sponsored by Somerset Waste Partnership. The company processes and packs more than one million litres of fruit juices, smoothies and milks for brand owners, as well as manufacturing 500,000 omelettes and around 120-150 tonnes of chilled and frozen liquid egg for the food service market. It successfully halved its carbon footprint in 2009 and in the past year has reduced water usage by 32%, plus it is nearing its target of sending zero waste to landfill by the end of 2010. In addition, Framptons Ltd has donated more than £5,000 from waste minimisation and recycling activities alone to local charities since 2008.
Managing Director Ian Harvey said, “It’s absolutely great to win the Waste Minimisation Award, especially for the wider team of Framptons, who have worked so hard to reduce our waste to landfill. This is the second time we’ve won an award here – last year was for sustainability generally. We’ve made significant progress again this year in the reduction of waste to landfill and we’re hopeful that we will achieve our target of zero waste to landfill by the end of this year.”
Photos courtesy of Anita Corbin, Corbin O’ Grady Studio
