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Salt Lake City Packaging Reduction Project. Overview Approach. Overview Approach Vendor Involvement. Project Timeline Implementation Date: August, 2011. Project Timeline Implementation Date: October, 2011 Completion Date: October, 2011. Project Results
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Salt Lake City Packaging Reduction Project
Overview • Approach
Overview • Approach • Vendor Involvement
Project Timeline • Implementation Date: August, 2011
Project Timeline • Implementation Date: October, 2011 • Completion Date: October, 2011
Project Results • Reduction in plastic used: 530,464 lbs. annually
Project Results • Reduction in plastic used: 530,464 lbs. annually • Reduction in cardboard boxes used: 8,594 lbs. annually
Project Results • Reduction in plastic used: 530,464 lbs. annually • Reduction in cardboard boxes used: 8,594 lbs. annually • Reduction in nitrogen used: 321,552 cubic feet annually
Putting it in Perspective • Big numbers are difficult to digest • Let’s put this into something most of us can relate to…
Wendy’s Baconator Double! made with Farmland applewood smoked bacon
530,464 lbs of plastic saved… • Equates to 793,217 Baconator sandwiches that’s 769,420,490 calories…..but who’s counting?
Of course, you can’t go to Wendy’s and just have a Baconator sandwich…
Wendy’s Natural Cut Fries with sea salt!
Reduction of 8,594 lbs of boxes… • Equates to 27,500 orders of medium sized fries 11,550,000 more calories….better work out this weekend
321,552 cubic feet of nitrogen saved each year… • Equates to 15,498,806 drinks no calories added since it’s diet coke
In case you’re keeping track… • 793,217 Baconator Double sandwiches • 27,500 orders of fries • 15,498,806 drinks • 780,970,490 calories
But seriously, here’s the bottom line… • 530,464 lbs of plastic saved • 8,594 lbs of cardboard saved • 321,552 cubic feet of nitrogen saved
But seriously, here’s the bottom line… • 530,464 lbs of plastic saved • 8,594 lbs of cardboard saved • 321,552 cubic feet of nitrogen saved Results in $1,173,777 in annual savings for the Salt Lake City facility