Our aim is to achieve 100 per cent recycling of recoverable waste by 2012.

We have two key strategic aims: to maximise diversion of waste from landfill and to introduce mechanisms to recognise better waste management performance across our business.

These aims are supported by our Sustainability Principles, which are to:
• focus on waste prevention/minimisation at source rather than treatment solutions
• manage our waste more efficiently
• instill best practice in waste management at our facilities and at our retailers’ stores
• inform our consumers regarding best practice in waste management.

We will also continue to develop and build on our achievements, through:
• expansion of our ‘one-stop-shop’ waste management contracts in all of our business locations
• ensuring that all company-owned facilities meet challenging waste management targets up to 2012 and beyond
• encouraging and helping our retailers to become part of the waste programme
• rewarding retailers for meeting waste management targets
• challenging branded suppliers to reduce the volumes of secondary and tertiary transit packaging associated with their goods by 12.5 per cent.
• working with our suppliers to achieve 30 per cent utilisation of Reusable Crates (RTIs) in own-brand and produce while ensuring full crate-space utilisation within the next five years
• working with branded suppliers to achieve five per cent utilisation of RTIs in branded goods within the next five years.

Our target is to reduce the weight of packaging on our own-brand products by 10 per cent by 2009 and by 25 per cent by 2012. We aim to reduce shrinkwrap usage by 12 per cent by 2009 and by 30 per cent by 2012.