Supermarket Aldi makes Electricity from Waste Food Using Dolav Plastic Pallet Boxes

Dolavs at Aldi Distribution Centre
Using Dolav plastic pallet boxes the food waste is transported back to Aldi distribution centres and forklifted into trailers.

Dolav lifting
Aldi removes food waste on a daily basis. Empty Dolavs with polythene liners are delivered each day by supply vehicles. The stores put their organic waste in to these empty Dolav containers which go back on the supply vehicles' return trip. For the UK stores there are four Dolavs each, making for a 'fleet' of some two thousand Dolav pallet boxes in circulation every day.

Dolav tipping
AIdi uses the Euro pallet-sized Dolav 800x1200. An Aldi spokesperson said: "As a responsible retailer, we are always looking for ways to continue to be environmentally friendly. The Dolav boxes are solid and do not leak, they are very easy to wash and keep clean. They are robust - the modular one-piece moulding design means they don't break and the Euro-pallet size fits our systems."

Recycling
Food Processing