SCOTTISH packaging company Vegware has announced the business has reached a new milestone with waste collections.
Close the Loop, the brand’s trade waste collections for Scotland’s central belt, composted 10,000 bin-loads of used Vegware packaging and food waste in 2023. The service collects the waste from over 50 sites, including Glasgow Science Centre, Fife College and Edinburgh’s Dynamic Earth, before turning it into high-grade compost in under 12 weeks.
For Vegware’s in-house waste management consultants, reporting 10,000 bin-loads in a single year highlights the demand and viability of compostable packaging waste collections.
In addition to diverting compostable waste away from landfill, Close the Loop provides Scottish foodservices with a solution to food waste, which is a global environmental issue..
Phoebe Russell, Vegware’s waste management consultant, who oversees Close the Loop, said, “Reaching 10,000 bin-loads of compostable packaging and food waste is an important milestone for our waste services. 2023 took the service into a new era, with a rebrand, expansion of the coverage and a landmark amount of bins sent to compost. It shows that composting collections work and that Vegware can provide real results.”
Vegware’s environmental team provides free waste consultations for businesses looking to compost their Vegware products. Led by a chartered waste consultant, the team helped 45 sites across the UK set up Vegware composting collections in 2023.
