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Barnsley Learning History File

Open the A5 pdf above to read a multi-layered account of how Barnsley adopted biomass and then add any comments in the comments box below.�

Walkers crisps owned by Pepsico have been attracting media attention since they started to include a carbon footprint label on their packets.

 Delving deeper in to the company’s annual report and environmental reports shows that they have been experimenting with new technologies and processes for many years in order to curb consumption of energy and water and reduce waste. This work extends across most of their brands and in N. America, Mexico, India and the UK.

Their latest initiative called “netzero” is illustrated by the refurbishment of a plant in Arizona which will allow them to come off grid but still produce Frito-Lay potato crisps.

A fuller report of the measures they are taking is available in an article in the New York Times (Nov 07) but some highlights are:

• Recycling water used in rinsing potatoes
• Burning left-over sludge and capturing the methane to run the plant’s boiler
• Installing 50 acres of PV to generate power
• Building a biomass generator

The initiative apparently has the backing of senior corporate executives at Pepsico.