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Green Fleet Roundup: Raven Transport, Cummins, Dean Foods, Kenworth, Peterbilt, Tritium

April 1, 2015March 31, 2015 by Karen Henry

Raven Transport is expanding its natural gas fleet with 115 Peterbilt Model 579s (pictured), powered by liquefied natural gas. Clean Energy Fuels will support the fleet by opening truck-friendly LNG fueling stations in Atlanta, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; Pearl, Mississippi; and Theodore, Alabama, and deploying mobile LNG fueling units in Eden, North Carolina; Newnan, ... Read more »

Carton Recycling Network Formed

September 15, 2014September 25, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Carton Council of North America has formed a Carton Recycling Champions network, a group of companies committed to improving carton recycling. Inaugural members are: Boxed Water Is Better, Crystal Creamery, Dean Foods, Fat Tuesday, GoodBelly, Just Beverages, Kemps, Leahy-IFP, Pacific Foods, The ReWall Company, Turner Dairy Farms and WhiteWave ... Read more »

Online Tool Calculates Dairies’ Environmental Footprint

April 23, 2013April 23, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

An online tool to help dairies calculate their environmental footprint is being tested by producers, the Innovation Center for US Dairy says. Farm Smart currently focuses on voluntary self-assessment in four areas: energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, water quality and water use. But future versions of the tool will help ... Read more »

Dairies Pledge to Cut Water Use

January 9, 2013November 13, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Dairy UK has signed an agreement with the Waste and Resources Action Programme to cut the dairy industry’s water use and improve its water management. The agreement between the trade association and WRAP makes Dairy UK an official partner to the Federation House Commitment, a voluntary commitment for food and ... Read more »

Dean Foods Sustainability Report: GHG Intensity Drops 3.2%

December 20, 2012January 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

Dean Foods reduced its greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 3.2 percent year-on-year, from .959 lbs of carbon dioxide equivalent per gallon of product in 2010 to .929 lbs per gallon in 2011, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. The dairy company’s absolute greenhouse gas emissions fell almost 4 percent ... Read more »

Dean Foods Increases Recycling 50%, But Revises Missed GHG and Water Goals

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Dean Foods has reduced its solid waste output by 21 percent and increased recycling by more than 50 percent, compared to 2009 levels, and exceeded – two years early – its goal of reducing its distribution fleet’s CO2-equivalent emissions by 50,000 metric tons by 2013 compared with 2009 levels, the ... Read more »

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