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Corporate Social Responsibility: Resource Reuse & Recycling
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Did You Know...
We saved 63 truckloads of freight annually by redesigning HERSHEY'S Syrup caps.
Resource Reuse & Recycling
The Hershey Company works to implement processes to capture and reuse materials.
  • Hershey reuses water left over from the milk-condensing process.
  • Our company has been upgrading to more efficient and effective waste water clean-up treatment systems in our manufacturing facilities.

We promote recycling in two ways – through increased use of recycled materials and by actively recycling our own waste.

  • Hershey recycles more than 87 million pounds of material annually.
  • In Pennsylvania, we maintain our own recycling center, which recycles 90% of the waste from our East Coast manufacturing facilities.
  • We recycle obsolete computers and electronics to reclaim valuable elements and recycle components that cannot be reclaimed.
  • Hershey's folding cartons are primarily made of 100% recycled materials. Folding cartons account for approximately 25% of our paper packaging tonnage each year.
  • Hershey's corrugated shipping cases contain at least 33% recycled materials. These cases account for about 20% of our packaging materials.
  • HERSHEY'S Gifts is implementing a "greening" program, including the use of recycled-content paper for catalogs.
  • Dagoba Organic Chocolate uses 100% recycled paper for office use, marketing materials and box packaging, and the highest available recycled content for corrugated cases and labels. Dagoba Organic Chocolate recycles everything possible – including fluorescent lights, Styrofoam, pallets and wrap, and composts on site.
  • Scharffen Berger and Artisan Direct, the online store for Joseph Schmidt Confections, Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker and Dagoba Organic Chocolate, use 100% recycled office paper.