PACKER’S FLEET REDUCES CO2 WASTE BY 4.5 TONNES PER WEEK.
IRISH potato packer and processor, Wilson’s Country, has been reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels by the 4.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent per week, since the beginning of the year.
It has been working in collaboration with Lisburn-based haulage business, McCulla Ireland, which operates a fleet fuelled by “green biogas” for downstream transportation and logistics.
Wilson’s Country Managing Director, Lewis Cunningham said the company’s outbound goods, destined for customers throughout the island of Ireland are transported in lorries that are fuelled with biogas produced courtesy of McCulla’s anaerobic digestion plant.
He said: “This has helped us to reduce our scope 3 GHG emissions by an amount equal to 4.5 tonnes of carbon emitted a week. The environmental impact of this is comparable to planting 625 trees per week, which over one year would be equal to 30,000 trees.”
Lewis said the company had recently invested in its own anaerobic digestion plant.
“Fuelled for the most part by potato waste from the business, it is already producing 60% of the electricity that we need on an annual basis,” he said.
“This commitment alongside other initiatives on site has helped us to secure a 78% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions from our baseline year, compared to our most recent reporting year. “
