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| CASE STUDY - TAMAR FOODS |
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Convert2Green is working with Tamar Foods, the manufacturer of hot and cold pies and hand-crimped pasties, to collect and turn Tamar’s waste cooking oil into estimated carbon savings of 26,420 kilograms of CO2 per annum.
Convert2Green collects waste oil weekly from the Tamar Foods’ site in Callington, Cornwall, and recycles it in to high quality bio-fuel, which reduces Tamar’s carbon emissions by up to 90%.
The bio-fuel is used to fuel generators in public buildings such as the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust. The hospital runs a Convert2Green powered bio-fuel combined heat and power system (CHP) for their state of the art Cornwall Food Production Unit, which produces Cornish food for patients residing in hospitals in Cornwall.
Faced with disposing of thousands of litres of cooking oil each year, the initiative with Convert2Green helps Tamar to achieve a number of key environmental objectives, from more effective waste management to carbon savings, both for themselves and the local community.
An additional benefit is the ability to pass carbon saving through the supply chain, with manufacturers such as Tamar gaining a real competitive edge in the marketplace. Many buyers now look to their supply chain to provide real carbon savings through their procurement strategies. |
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