A Sustainable Approach

Our future pledge to reduce our environmental impact

We will continue our efforts to protect the environment. This includes the use of RPET bottles along with other packaging initiatives to recycle more, reduce packaging used and improving energy efficiency at our production sites.

At Sunmagic Juices we care deeply about protecting the environment. We therefore set rigorous environmental performance goals and measure progress continually to ensure we are doing the best that we can.

Whilst reducing plastic is extremely important to a business like ours, most plastic bottles are 100% recyclable, and plastic is also the most recycled material on the planet. The key issue is therefore not just about the recyclability of the material, it is also about the need to ensure we are recycling more efficiently. There are ways that we as a business are doing this, as well as educating consumers about exactly what can be recycled and how.

We have a wide range of bottles that are now using recycled PET bottles (RPET).

For example, the company that we are currently working with is responsible for extracting 20 billion plastic bottles and containers from landfills every year and recycling them. It also focuses on supporting organisations and government community recycling programs, something which is very important to us.

We also like to include useful recycling tips on our packaging, to make sure any recyclable bottles are being recycled. We have recently added a statement onto our 200ml cartons explaining that the straw is fully recyclable together with the carton as long as the straw is inserted into the carton on disposal. These are small tips that can make a huge difference to our environment.

Our future pledge to reduce our environmental impact

We will continue our efforts to protect the environment. We hope that there continues to be a plentiful supply of RPET to allow us to do this. Further to this we have an ongoing project that aims to reduce the amount of plastic used in our hotfill bottles.

Specific highlights from some of our sites

Headcorn, Kent

We have eliminated all black plastic packaging by switching 4.6M caps to clear, more widely re-cycled caps.

All our Village Press outer case boxes are made from 100% recycled material.

We have reduced the waste sent to land fill, significantly increasing levels of waste that is sent for recycling & energy recovery.

All PET used across the site is 100% recyclable.

We have installed LED efficient lighting throughout the production areas, cutting the power needed to light the factory by 50%.

We have a cardboard baler onsite in order to fully recycle all board that comes into the plant, helping to minimise waste sent to landfill.

Alternative packaging formats – we have various manufacturing capabilities throughout the business including glass bottles and cartons. We have been making a conscious effort to ensure we are offering as much choice as possible to our customers having the potential to reduce environmental impact.

Llantrisant site

We now have waste water initiatives and cardboard recycling in place at both units. We are moving to clear caps as well as using more recyclable PET bottles whenever possible.

We have eliminated 4,540kg (6% reduction) of PET by down weighting bottles

All our Village Press outer case boxes are made from 100% recycled material.

We have reduced the waste sent to land fill, significantly increasing levels of waste that is sent for recycling & energy recovery.

We use layer cards sent in from our bottle suppliers and put them on our outgoing pallets to recycle them and make them more than a single use item.

All PET used across the site is 100% recyclable.

Alternative packaging formats – we have various manufacturing capabilities including glass bottles and cartons. We have been making a conscious effort to ensure we are offering as much choice as possible to our customers having the potential to reduce environmental impact.

We are embracing new technologies and automation techniques to reduce our energy consumption and reduce our carbon emissions.

We recycle raw material packaging and utilise bulk containers where possible to lessen carbon emissions caused through transportation.

Nelson site

We are currently working with Westbury Environmental to develop an Environmental Management System.

We have installed LED efficient lighting throughout the factory.

We now have two brand new steam generators to improve site efficiency.

All waste at Nelson is streamed.

We have moved to an electric fleet of forklift trucks, thereby significantly reducing CO2 emissions.

Yaxley site

We have reduced plastic used in our bottles by over 20%.

We recycle our layer cards from Plastipak and re-use them in our own pallets, which prevents these from going to landfill and also allows for more than a single-use item.

We have also moved our forklifts to full electric to reduce CO2 emissions.

All cleaning chemical containers are returned to our supplier to be recycled.