Sustainability
Sustainability isn’t just a program, it’s our driving force.
At Monogram Foods we are committed to operating our business in an environmentally and socially sustainable way, considering the interests of our various stakeholder groups and the impact on the business. We believe that focusing on long-term sustainability best serves our company and our stakeholders.
Clean Energy Project
In 2017, we began to pretreat process water and other organic food wastes generated at Monogram Snacks Martinsville, LLC. Through the use of anaerobic digestion, the system can break down these wastes and convert them into methane gas. The methane gas is then used to fuel a CAT CG132-08 gas generator set capable of producing 400 kW of electric power. This project won the 2017 Biogas Project of the Year Award and the 2022 W. Bruce Wingo Conservation Award from the Virginia Museum of Natural History.
Intermittent Showering
Intermittent showering is used in our smokehouses to reduce water usage. The water used to cool our microwaves and the heads of our roll stock machines is recirculated. Our boilers’ efficiencies have been maximized by reducing the cycles of concentration and therefore reducing water usage.
Cooking Oil Recycling
EnviroTek USA Inc. coverts our used cooking oil to biodiesel production and other green products custom-designed for environmental sustainability. At all other locations, organic wastes are rendered and typically used to make pet foods.
Land Application
Our Martinsville, Virginia, facility generates industrial byproducts through the treatment of their process water. These industrial byproducts are land applied, providing valuable nutrients to the fields of local farmers.
Cardboard Recycling
We have a partnership with Rand Whitney to recycle all corrugated cardboard and to create cardboard boxes with 100% post-consumer waste. Rand Whitney uses 100% post-consumer raw material, water and paper in this process.