Dawn Meats

This CGPP project targeted water, energy and packaging savings at the Dawn Meats plant in Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo. Between 2008 and 2010, a cross-functional team worked on a range of initiatives to achieve the overall CGPP project aims.

At the end of the project, there was a significant reduction in water consumption across the plant, a reduction in the energy consumed to heat water, a reduction in oil consumption from water reuse, water conservation & refrigeration heat recovery, and a reduction in cardboard used in product packaging.

• Over 10,000 m3 per annum reduction in water consumption across the site, equating to a 34% savings in water usage.
• €25,000 reduction in oil consumption from water reuse, water conservation & refrigeration heat recovery
• A reduction of 166 tonnes of cardboard following the application of eco-design principles to product packaging and implementation of reusable returnable packaging to deliver product to customers. This equates to almost a 10% reduction in cardboard packaging.
• Logistics – reduction of up to 85 trucks due to packaging redesign.
• Staff were trained in eco-design techniques for packaging and water minimisation.
• Transfer to other sites – packaging minimisation and energy saving initiatives have been rolled out to other company sites