Source Commitment

Reduce:

• Adoption of thin walled product containers to reduce unnecessary plastic use.
• Labels, both size and number
•  Minimize cardboard thickness and weight and removal of excess cardboard from packaging
• Investment into new heating and cooling production equipment and methods that reduce energy while increasing efficiency for superior product formation and quality
• Integration of route truck delivery analyses to ensure optimum distribution of our products with minimal environmental impact
• Implementation of route truck software to reduce truck idling and braking
• Energy efficiency via implementation of isolated cooling and incubation areas that when not in use are at room temperature

Reuse:

• Recover and reuse all cardboard boxes and trays at production and from our distribution at retail
• Pallets
• Product donations
• Water within our heating and cooling systems
• Paper

Recycle:

• Plastc, including packaging containers, seals and shrink wrap, milk jugs
• Cardboard received and cardboard reused to its lifecycle end
• Paper, labels
• Aluminum
• Batteries
• Milk byproducts including cream
• Production equipment

Recover:

• Cardboard delivery trays
• Pallets
• Waste water and effluent for treatment and safe disposal
• Inline water heating and cooling
• Product and product packaging at retail for recycling
• Separation at production source

Legal Requirements, Certifications and Commitments:

• Our wastewater treatment system ensures conformity and return to source of safe and biodegradable waste water
• Packaging labeling and conformity
• Dairy Organic and non-organic certification
• Dairy receiving, processing, distribution