G512 - Plimmerton Quality Meats - Butcher - Wellington Region

Summary
This business minimises the amount of packaging used.

Business Profile
Suburban butcher with two staff, located in Plimmerton Village centre.

Type of Project
Reduction in packaging waste, resource conservation

Reasons for Project
To reduce resource use and produce less waste

The Project

Packaging
This shop uses very little shrink wrapping and no vacuum packing. Products are displayed in metal (stainless steel) and plastic trays. Customers receive their purchases in plastic bags or brown wrapping paper. Cartons are reused for orders, such as a side of beef.

Costs are reduced on buying packaging and disposing of it. Only one 240 l bin is collected every week, and that is mainly newspaper used on the floor and floor sweepings. Rubbish collection costs $14 per month

Equipment
Blades in the saw machine last about one week. They are sharpened once, then have to be discarded. The blades cost $12 new and $5 to sharpen, leading to a monthly cost of $34. Hand saws cost $3 to sharpen and cost $22 new. They probably last about six months.

For additional information contact:
(Note that this shop changed owners after this project was completed; the previous owners were Bev and Steve Matthews)
Plimmerton Quality Meats
8 Steyne Avenue
Plimmerton
Phone: (04) 233 8020