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Zero To Landfill: Roadchef leads the way as Britain’s greenest motorway services 18 February 2020: Leading motorway service area (MSA) provider Roadchef has today announced it made carbon savings equivalent to approximately 250,000 miles driven by an average car in 2019-2020. Since the beginning of Roadchef’s ‘Talking Rubbish’
of increased demand for high speed EV charging.
campaign, the zero-waste accredited operator has
Mike Jackson, Director of Supply Chain Management
implemented a host of eco-friendly measures and
and Head of Charity at Roadchef, commented: “Caring,
delivered its ‘zero to landfill’ promise.
uncomplicated and positively obsessive are Roadchef’s
Among the measures to achieve this goal is a ground-
core values and we adhere to these in everything we do,
breaking closed loop PET recycling solution, which sees
including when it comes to the environment. In recent
plastic collected and recycled into the Harrogate Spring
years we have worked with both Highways England and
water bottles which Roadchef sells in its outlets. It also
the government Department for Environment, Food and
includes the recycling of waste coffee grounds into biofuel,
Rural Affairs (DEFRA), to help reduce the volume of litter
the use of food waste digestors and using 100% renewable
along our roads and motorways.
energy, including energy produced from Roadchef’s own solar panels.
“We also make it simple for our customers to recycle at Roadchef, and I believe this has helped us achieved our
In addition, mixed recycling is processed in an on-site
zero to landfill status. Working with key partners, this work
compactor before being turned into energy at waste
to look after the environment will continue well into the
recycling plant. These various activities are supported in
future.”
partnership with operators including UKWSL, Unisan and Creed Foodservice.
Mark Fox, CEO at Roadchef, added: “We take our responsibilities towards reducing our impact on the
Boasting an impressive record of being ahead of the
environment very seriously and we’re delighted to have
sustainability curve, Roadchef was the first company in
made real progress in recent years. We’re looking forward
the UK to introduce reverse vending machines for coffee
to making even bigger inroads in the years ahead through
cups, as well as plastic bottles in 2019, alongside Coca Cola
water and energy efficiencies, electrification of our vehicle
and Costa Coffee. The MSA operator is now able to divert
fleet and continuing to leverage technical innovation to
100% of its waste away from landfill.
reduce our impact on the planet. We believe we can make
Roadchef is also supporting the move towards
Britain’s roads a safer and happier place by de-stressing
decarbonisation by introducing rapid electric vehicle
and delighting those who stop at our MSAs, whilst making
charging points at each of its service areas, in anticipation
sure we do that in an environmentally responsible way.”
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