Kraft Foods today reported that it is making “steady progress reducing the amount of manufacturing waste” the company produces. The results include reduction of the company’s environmental impact, better uses for waste and creation of new energy sources from manufacturing byproducts.
The practices are worldwide and include the company’s cheese processing facilities as well as at its snacks and drinks plants. Kraft Foods, based in Northfield, Ill., is Dairy Foods 2011 Processor of the Year.