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Dr Pepper Wants to Recycle up to 80% of its Waste

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Improving on the recent trend of wanting to conserve resources, and encourage a greener environment, the Dr Pepper Snapple Group has recently announced that they will try to curb the amount of waste they output, by recycling up to 80% of it. And the energy efficiency of their vending machines is one concern they are looking at.

How are they going to do this? For one, they will increase the baseline ratio of shipments to gasoline used. By 2015, they'll be able to more effectively ship their products, with a 20% increase in the amount of shipments per gallon of fuel used, and it could be big fuel savings.

They'll also be able to reorganize their energy usage by reducing the amount of plastic required to make their products. By 2011, more than 12 million lbs. of PET-based plastic will be saved from entering the supply line. By engineering a different kind of PET plastic, which is more efficient, they'll save big-time on plastic usage and supply.

They'll work on their manufacturing capabilities too. By improving the energy efficiency in the operations by 10% per gallon of finished product, using the 2009 levels as a baseline figure.

And for vending machines, by 2013, they'll work to replace around 60,000 vending machine with Energy Star rated vending machines that will be around 30% more energy efficient than their predecessors. By 2013, this could result in an energy savings benefit of $7.6 million dollars in electricity costs. And that is equal to around 9,000 cars worth of carbon emissions.

Another effort they are attempting is the ability to save on water usage.  By cutting the 2009 baseline water usage figure by 10% per unit of production, they'll be able to reduce the amount of wasted water resources of the company.