The largest category of waste from our plants is what's left of ingredients after processing. The bulk of this is currently converted into animal feed or composted for use as mulch on farmland. Most other waste - such as rejected packaging from bottling sites and office wastepaper is also recyclable and is reprocessed where local facilities exist.
At our Amhertsburg packaging plant in Canada, all of the solid waste, previously destined for landfill, is now sent to a waste-to-energy plant and used to generate electricity. Through this change, we keep approximately 250 tonnes of waste out of landfill each year.
Diageo's waste profile:
