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SUPPLY-SIDE CLAMPDOWN ON WASTE GENERATION

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Typhoo Tea achieved a 20% reduction of factory waste in 2011 at its site in the UK. We are working with WRAP to streamline our packaging, aiming at a 50% waste reduction by 2020. To reduce supply chain waste, while importing high volumes of tea, Typhoo initiated a leading project with the tea suppliers, which brings tea into our factory in Moreton on slip sheets thereby eliminating the use of wooden pallets. There is a 97% saving of waste for every pallet replaced by a slip sheet thus eliminating about 500 tonnes of wooden pallets by 2020 thereby saving thousands of trees every year. We achieved 7% loading capability by introducing slip sheets and this ongoing project will improve our transportation efficiency and minimise the adverse impact of CO2 emission.