Water Conservation, Recycling, and Waste Management Water is an essential resource to Richardson. Equipment at our processing facilities requires a consistent and high volume water supply to operate. This is why we place great value on water conservation, recycling, and recovery systems to ensure access to the volumes required in the most efficient and sustainably sound manner possible.
Richardson employs accredited waste management service providers, who manage the disposal of waste consistent with the rules of the jurisdictions in which we conduct business. We move office and operational waste through standard recycling programs for paper products, waste oil and lubricants, batteries, metals, and other extraneous materials.
Reduction Initiative
Goal
Outcomes
Food Processing Facilities Water Treatment Plants
• Reduce wastewater volumes. • Reclaim water for reuse.
• > 60,000 metric tonnes wastewater recovered and treated annually.
Heat, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) Upgrades
• Reduce water consumption. • Cool facility
• ~38 million gallons water consumption reduction annually (Memphis, TN) .
Clean in Place (CIP) System Upgrades • Sustainably perform cleaning and sanitation activities.
• ~7% water consumption reduction (Oakville, ON) . • 43,200 gallons processed annually (South Sioux City, NB) . • ~$215,000 USD cost savings.
Effluent Filtration Systems
• Reduce effluent content in process waste water stream. Effluent waste is organic materials used in the oat coating process.
Process Flow Inversion
• Recycle slurry used in coated and cluster oat products for further use within the facility. • Prevent slurry release into sewage system.
Ongoing (South Sioux City, NB). Project initiated in 2019
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