(5) The Environment

Enjoy a free weeks shopping and reduce your carbon footprint. All we ask is that every household work with us to try to reduce their carbon footprint by 20Kg of Co2 per week (1Tonne per year). Its not all that difficult! Think of the benefit to the environment and as well as your pocket.

We have recently completed work on a new carbon index and dividend model. We are piloting this project with CFINE in Aberdeen and hope to go live across the entire network as soon as possible.

Customers will notice when they login on their home page there are two new items. Item one is a calculation of your individual carbon saving based upon your shopping habits. Item two is the dividend value calculated as a result of your saving. Both values are cumulative, the dividend earned will be credited to a voucher that can be redeemed in early December in time for Christmas.

The customers carbon saving is calculated based upon the value of the sale relative to the amount of local food purchased. When buying produce please pay attention to the text field directly below the product picture this field will indicate which products are local and organic. We hope to provide additional information on the carbon model and dividend and will publish details as to the terms and conditions of the offer as soon as possible.

Should their be any questions of an immediate nature please contact us at enquiries@larderbytes.com or telephone on 07712 000413.

Although there is a great deal of debate about waste and its impact on the environment, in fact as yet very little is known about exactly what products generate to largest percentage of food and packaging waste, what precisely are they, and more importantly why?

The LarderBytes approach to waste reduction is to address the root causes of waste in the following three areas;

1. Food waste
2. Packaging waste
3. Carbon emissions (waste of resources)

The system focuses on measuring and reducing the volume of food and packaging being purchased. These quantities are optimized by the supply chain creating a gradual convergence between supply and demand. This level of convergence is far easier for local producers and merchants to achieve than it is for major retailers.

Carbon emissions and traffic congestion are addressed by reducing food miles using local produce and a local collection and distribution network.

EU Landfill Directive has set demanding targets as follows;

By 2010 to reduce biodegradable municipal waste landfill to 75% of that produced in 1995.
By 2013 to reduce biodegradable municipal waste land filled to 50% of that produced in 1995.
By 2020 to reduce biodegradable municipal waste land filled to 35% of that produced in 1995.


Local authorities who fail to meet the requirements of this directive may incur a heavy fine or penalty, The cost of which will be met by the consumer either directly or indirectly.

All of the above contribute to the creation of GHG omissions as well as waste going into landfill. It should be remembered that waste is not only harmful to the environment but also to the pocket who wants to buy anything just to throw it in the bin. In addition consumers are paying for waste both directly and indirectly, through the purchase and disposal of unwanted / unnecessary food as well as taxes and community charges. Needless to say the same applies to business only on a larger scale.