Materials Circular Economy

A Circular Economy is one that reduces material use, is designed to be less resource intensive, and utilises waste as a resource to manufacture new materials and products.

One of the primary platforms for sustainability is CARIB Brewery’s returnable bottle and crate system. This is in operation across all our breweries in the Caribbean. The model ensures that bottles are collected and returned for reuse or recycling. By reusing bottles and crates, the consumption of raw materials used, and the energy required to produce them are reduced. The result is a significantly reduced carbon footprint. The Beverage Sector aims to increase the primary packaging returns for reuse/recycling.

CARIB Brewery Trinidad & Tobago will also be investing in a new state-of-the-art returnable glass bottling line which will allow for the increase in the use of returnable packaging.

Increase the volume of cullet collected through local recycling efforts for use in the manufacturing process

Together with the Beverage Sector’s returnable packaging system for reuse, the glass recycling managed by Carib Glassworks Limited, of ANSA Packaging constitute the essential pillars of a circular economy. Currently between 4065% of the materials used to manufacture new glass bottles is recycled glass (cullet). Of this a small fraction is derived from the local collection systems, a target that ANSA Packaging will be concertedly working to increase. Increase primary packaging returns for reuse/recycling

To achieve this, a robust education campaign will be rolled out, to sensitise consumers on the returnable bottle and crate system and promote the benefits of reuse and recycling. In addition to this, more accessible locations for consumers and customers to return and recycle our main packaging items are currently under review.

ANSA Polymer the plastic manufacturing arm of ANSA Packaging is responsible for manufacturing the HDPE crates for the Beverage Sector. They grind the returned used crates and use the material to create new ones.

CONTENT OF REGRIND MATERIAL USED TO MANUFACTURE NEW CRATES INCREASED TO 60%

(2022) from 30% (2021)

ANSA Packaging currently recycles more than 30,000 MT of glass (cullet) and 1,000 MT of plastics per year.

The most effective way to reduce waste is to redesign a process to reduce the quantity of raw materials required before the process even begins. Documentation in the Distribution business is critical for tracking orders and ensuring that customers are served efficiently and accurately. To reduce the environmental footprint of this process, Alstons Marketing Company Limited (AMCO) in the Distribution Sector has committed to reducing usage of photocopying and printed paper. This will be achieved through the implementation of a system that tracks paper usage per user to encourage each person to think twice before printing and to identify areas that are resource heavy for review.

Work with A-class vendors to encourage implementation of a green policy

The Services Sector, managed by Group Supply Chain, supports the Supply Chain teams in all the Group’s Sectors. This sector will be working towards ensuring that more of the Group’s A-class vendors are committed to preserving the environment through the implementation of a green policy, be it to produce products with less materials, reduce waste, ensure products are biodegradable, reduce transport emissions or any other initiatives that make their operations and products or services more sustainable. This requirement will focus on the A-class vendors. A vendor rated “A” implies that the product/service supplied can have a significant impact on the final consumer, is a direct input to the production process, volume usage of the products is high, a high financial impact or a combination of all.