A new composting programme has been introduced at Wight Salads to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.

The initiative sees all the compost created used to grow new tomatoes, with all the carboard and polythene that the firm uses being recycled.

ACM Waste Management has signed a three year agreement with Wight Salads to manage the waste project. The firm claims to have conducted recycling trials for the salad producer which has led to a 41 percent saving on waste management costs.

ACM’s Frank Sanchez said: “Tackling this waste management challenge has been a fantastic achievement for ACM, we have helped Wight Salads to reduce their costs and dramatically improve their environmental performance. And, now that all their waste is being composted or recycled Wight Salads can call itself a truly green and organic company.”

ACM has supplied three compactors and a baler in Kent, together with a specifically designed and built sealed, leak-proof container for the transport of waste tomatoes, which also no longer go to landfill, but are used locally for animal feed.

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