Salt Lake City Packaging Reduction Project Overview › Approach

Salt Lake City

Packaging Reduction Project

Overview

› Approach

Overview

› Approach

› Vendor Involvement

Project Timeline

› Implementation Date: August, 2011

Project Timeline

› Implementation Date: October, 2011

› Completion Date: October, 2011

Project Results

› Reduction in plastic used: 530,464 lbs. annually

Project Results

› Reduction in plastic used: 530,464 lbs. annually

› Reduction in cardboard boxes used: 8,594 lbs. annually

Project Results

› Reduction in plastic used: 530,464 lbs. annually

› Reduction in cardboard boxes used: 8,594 lbs. annually

› Reduction in nitrogen used: 321,552 cubic feet annually

Putting it in Perspective

› Big numbers are difficult to digest

› Let’s put this into something most of us can relate to…

Wendy’s Baconator Double!

made with Farmland applewood smoked bacon

530,464 lbs of plastic saved…

› Equates to 793,217 Baconator sandwiches

that’s 769,420,490 calories…..but who’s counting?

Of course, you can’t go to Wendy’s and just have a Baconator sandwich…

Wendy’s Natural Cut Fries

with sea salt!

Reduction of 8,594 lbs of boxes…

› Equates to 27,500 orders of medium sized fries

11,550,000 more calories….better work out

this weekend

We need something to wash that down with…

Wendy’s Biggie drink

321,552 cubic feet of nitrogen saved each year…

› Equates to 15,498,806 drinks

no calories added since it’s diet coke

In case you’re keeping track…

› 793,217 Baconator Double sandwiches

› 27,500 orders of fries

› 15,498,806 drinks

› 780,970,490 calories

But seriously, here’s the bottom line…

› 530,464 lbs of plastic saved

› 8,594 lbs of cardboard saved

› 321,552 cubic feet of nitrogen saved

But seriously, here’s the bottom line…

› 530,464 lbs of plastic saved

› 8,594 lbs of cardboard saved

› 321,552 cubic feet of nitrogen saved

Results in $1,173,777 in annual savings for the Salt Lake City facility