<p>We’ve become accustomed to the mantra of reduce, reuse, recycle. But could we as a society be doing more?<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Ready Pac Foods’ environmental efforts have made an impact because they’ve been implemented across multiple levels of their business; from facilities and energy usage all the way to associate incentive programs. They’re not merely limited to the consumer-facing end product that brands often use to build image and drive sales. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The company donates over 660,000 bags and trays of products to local food banks and community charities every year. Installing trash compactors in their facilities and ramping up their recycling program, allowed for a 50%-75% reduction of loads of waste to landfills. In plants that operate using 50% solar energy and save 25,000 gallons of water per day, the Ready Pac Bistro® Bowls are produced using 70% post-consumer PET, and each insert reclaims 1.15 recycled 500ML drink bottles.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p> “When we first began these initiatives, it caught on like wildfire,” said Santiago Pacheco, Director of Operations. “Environmental awareness is a bond we all share because if affects each of us in some form, so our plant associates quickly got involved with the process. They helped us call out many areas where efficiencies could be realized. Through this team collaboration, we’re able to continue adapting and coming up with new ideas to reduce our carbon footprint, and it feels good to be part of the solution.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.readypac.com/" target="_new">Ready Pac</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
