2014 Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award Winner: Nestle Jacksonville

In early 2013, Nestlé’s Jacksonville environmental network set a goal to have their factory achieve zero waste to landfill by the end of that year. The network worked with representatives from all four beverage factories – Jacksonville, IL, Freehold, NJ, Waverly, IA, and Anderson, IN – and formed the Nestlé Beverage Environmental Network. As a divisional network they worked collectively on solutions to achieve zero landfill status at all four factories.   The projects pursued by the team resulted in:

• 1,029 tons of waste diverted from landfill per year; and
• $900,000 in annual savings from energy efficient upgrades.

The team also successfully engaged employees at the facility. Half of the efficient installations originated as ideas from factory floor staff.   Read the entire case study here.