Dive Brief:

• Farmer Bros, a coffee and food supply company, will partner with GreenDrop Recyling Stations to divert its recycling and compost from landfills.
• The collaboration is part of a company goal to reach 100% zero-waste by 2015.
• Farmer Bros. will implement GreenDrop stations that make it simple to recycle by facilitating employee self-sorting. By making the process easy, the company should see an increase in its recycling rate.

Dive Insight:

In addition to the recycling station efforts, Farmer Bros. estimates it will recycle 1,500,000 pounds of packaging machine waste through other sustainability programs it has implemented. On a monthly basis, the company takes in 15,000 pounds of chaff left over from processing and selling it to companies for use in fertilizers.