Food Business Review:The food giant Kraft now sends no waste to landfill at 36 manufacturing plants in 13 countries, the company reports. Twelve of the plants that no longer send waste to landfill are in the United States, 24 are in Europe and several other facilities have made strides in reducing rubbish. Kraft bakeries in Chicago and Naperville, IL that make Nabisco and Triscuit products became zero waste at the end of 2011. A Philadelphia Cream Cheese plant in Beaver Dam, WI worked with the city to build an anaerobic digester, which processes whey waste into biogas that is used to generate electricity for the local grid. Another Philadelphia Cream Cheese plant in Fallingbostel, Germany has been a zero waste facility since 2009. As of today, waste reduction by Kraft, normalized to production, stands at 50 percent compared to 2005 levels, the company said in a recap of its efforts since revising the waste reduction goal last May.
