NewsWhore
07-13-2011, 02:40 PM
The Dominican National Brewery (Cerveceria Presidente) has been protecting the environment for some time now and the philosophy has produced positive results for the company. Besides the ISO certification 14001, the El Caribe says that the company saved 83,000,000 gallons of water last year, by refitting their plants and boilers to operate 85% on natural gas and by recycling 94% of the beer bottles they use each year, which implies using a bottle 35 times. Stella Leon, the vice-president for corporate affairs for the brewery, said that the company is "strongly committed to" the protection of natural resources and has, for many years, pushed through 42 initiatives that reflect this interest. For the company it is a win-win situation. Besides the conversion to natural gas, the recycling of bottles and other initiatives, the brewery has collaborated with the Center for Urban Studies of the PUCMM and replanted 30,000 tareas (1,886 hectareas more or less) in a joint effort with the Ministry of the Environment. The company also sells its broken glass, and some of the leftovers from the production are used for animal feeds.
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