As food courts become increasingly popular, shopping centres are making improvements to their waste collection and processing to create a better environment for visitors and the people who service them.
This has several benefits: it leads to more waste being recycled, less waste being sent to landfill, lower transport-related emissions and efficiency gains.
Shopping centres such as Manauara Shopping and Shopping Campo Limpo are implementing novel ways of composting their food waste, which reduces their waste footprint even further while allowing them to boost their reputation.
Solution
Across Sonae Sierra’s portfolio, shopping centres have identified the most effective improvements to waste management in their food courts. These are mostly focused on:
Improved waste segregation facilities and processes for tenants and service suppliers; e.g. by transferring waste collection and sorting areas out of customers’ sight.
Investment in composting facilities to divert food waste from landfill and process food waste info fertiliser using accelerated methods.
Key Numbers
85 tonnes
food waste composted at Manauara Shopping and Shopping Campo Limpo per year
€27,000
annual savings from more efficient waste management at CascaiShopping
9%
increase in the recycling rate of Shopping Campo Limpo