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.