As more and more policy initiatives are introduced under the wide-ranging and essential theme of ‘sustainability’, it is an appropriate time to truly consider how sustainable vending currently is.
The Italian Vending Association (CONFIDA) recently published a Report providing a useful look into the sustainable and environmental initiatives amongst its members and the wider Italian vending industry, and there are certainly some best practice examples worth mentioning, from combating food and product waste to choosing the best suppliers.
For example and thanks to an agreement with Fondazione Banco Alimentare, an organisation that collects excess food and redistributes it to charitable organisations, Italian vending companies donated 74 tons of food products in 2023.
The entire supply chain is key to improved environmental performance, and the Report outlines that 57% of companies evaluate new suppliers based on sustainability criteria. 35% have redesigned logistics to lower emissions, and 31% use electric vehicles. In addition, 80% of vending companies now use energy from renewable sources, with more than half (51%) using their own energy source.
The RiVending cup collection scheme, highlighted a number of times by the EVA as a best practice example for vending, helped recycle 53 million cups in 2023. Simply placing a plastic cup in the RiVending bin saves 6 grams of CO2, resulting in an impressive annual total saving of 300 tons of CO2.
Many more projects and individual company initiatives are highlighted in the Report (available at www.confida.com) which show that the vending industry is indeed playing its part in reducing its environmental footprint.
While this Report naturally focuses on Italy, the EVA is also aware of various initiatives taking place in other key vending markets.
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Mehr Infos zu Sustainability in Italian vending unter: https://www.vending-europe.eu/sustainability-in-italian-vending/
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