Anheuser-Busch Breweries Focus on Sustainability
Anheuser-Busch announces that even with production increases, the weight of material it contributes to community landfills from its 12 U.S. breweries has been reduced by nearly 22 percent (or approximately 2,400 tons) in 2008 compared to the same time frame last year. All of this is part of the brewer's ongoing efforts to recycle the solid waste associated with brewing and packaging its beers, to a rate of more than 99 percent.
"Our employees are to be commended for their efforts to find ways to recycle and reuse materials throughout our operations," says Peter Kraemer, vice president of operations for Anheuser-Busch Inc. "At each of our 12 U.S. breweries, our people are looking for ways to use fewer materials and keep the solid waste we do generate out of landfills. Their accomplishments are truly making an impact, not only in our breweries, but in the communities in which they live."
Recycling at Anheuser-Busch is a tradition that began in the late 1800s when the company first recycled brewers' grain into cattle feed. Among the items reused and recycled at the breweries include: spent brewers' grain, plastic strapping, stretch wrap, aluminum, glass, cardboard, plastics, office paper, metals, pallets and beechwood chips. This amounted to nearly four billion pounds of materials in 2007.
"Our employees are to be commended for their efforts to find ways to recycle and reuse materials throughout our operations," says Peter Kraemer, vice president of operations for Anheuser-Busch Inc. "At each of our 12 U.S. breweries, our people are looking for ways to use fewer materials and keep the solid waste we do generate out of landfills. Their accomplishments are truly making an impact, not only in our breweries, but in the communities in which they live."
Recycling at Anheuser-Busch is a tradition that began in the late 1800s when the company first recycled brewers' grain into cattle feed. Among the items reused and recycled at the breweries include: spent brewers' grain, plastic strapping, stretch wrap, aluminum, glass, cardboard, plastics, office paper, metals, pallets and beechwood chips. This amounted to nearly four billion pounds of materials in 2007.