Using environmental process improvements, support your business with: 

Is there value in environmental process improvements?

• Air compressor: fixed leaks saving 198,000 kWh/yr, ⇩ costs by $19,000/yr
• Water valves: broken valve results in tank overflow and cooling water for equipment not running = 980,000 m3/yr leak, costing $190,000/year  
• Conveyors: misaligned conveyor resulted in 2.5g loss per product, at a total cost of $74,000/yr
• Reuse: end of run product diverted back into process, recovering 27,000kg/yr and generating $117,000/yr in revenue
• Lighting: LED retrofit ROI of 0.75 years (w/o rebates), ⇩ electricity costs and better lighting (pictured) resulted in greater productivity

Find revenue in your waste

Always keep in mind the full scale production costs associated with food waste – starting with the cost of the ingredients, transportation to get them to your facility, associated labour through production, energy and water use throughout, and finally waste disposal costs.

• Food waste ‘prevention’ is a revenue stream: $1,000/t, $2,000/t, $8,000/t
• Food waste ‘management/diversion’ is a bottom-line cost: $70/t, $80/t, $90/t

Let us know how we can best support you? We will connect you with the proper tools, training and support, including:

• Industry-leading expertise: one-on-one coaching, on-site assessments
• Access to grants: or further training, retrofits, assessment or pilot projects
• Partnerships: with industry, government and alike
• Resources: tools, articles, blogs, case studies and more 

Visit the tools and resources page! 

LEAP was made possible by the generous support of Growing Forward 2, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.