McCain South Africa increases water efficiency to combat drought
McCain has initiated other internal projects to improve irrigation scheduling on farms and water efficiency within its plants. Each McCain plant has a dedicated water usage team that reviews usage results daily and proposes gap closing measures, covering aspects such as water cascading, process refinements and different process technologies. The company has also taken an in-depth look at the processes on supplier farms and identified water saving opportunities during the 'farm to fork' process.
“Our water utilisation strategy has seen a 42% reduction in water wastage at the Springs plant, and a 23% reduction at the Delmas facility over the past two years,” concludes Da Costa. “We have managed to cut down water usage significantly while maintaining the highest food safety standards, which is very pleasing, considering the magnitude of the crisis.”
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