In 2009, our position on diverting waste from landfill was further formalised as part of the updated Environment Policy. This commitment covers waste from both our operations and from our customer and consumer base. At an operational level, we focus on reducing wastes generated in line with our commitment to efficiency.

Foster’s has over 30 waste types that are generated from 108 operations globally. These wastes can broadly be grouped as solid, liquid, organic and hazardous. We manage waste according to the tenets of avoid, reduce, re-use, recycle and responsibly dispose. Further work is being completed on a global scale to complete an accurate baseline of waste generation data.

Foster’s has over 30 waste streams globally. These include:

• Solid wastes: these are recycled, re-used or disposed of to landfill
• Liquid wastes: these are disposed of through our tradewaste and wastewater treatment systems
• Organic wastes: these are re-used or recycled within our operations
• Hazardous, prescribed or controlled wastes: these are transported and disposed of by licensed contractors in accordance with legislative requirements

We aim to avoid the creation of wastes and reduce or re-use wastes generated from our operations where we can. For those not suited to re-use, we recycle through established systems and responsibly dispose of the remainder. More than 20 of the streams have been identified for re-use or recycling. These include general solid and organic wastes such as glass, cardboard and plastic packaging, spent yeast and grain from beer manufacturing and stalks, lees and marc from our wine processing.