Case Study: Regional Grocery Chain achieves 65% diversion rate with Rubicon waste optimization

Find a Cost-efficient Solution to Increase Sustainability Efforts

Regional Grocery Chain, a top-rated regional grocery chain with multiple locations, needed a more cost-efficient way to manage waste and improve sustainability. Working with Rubicon, the company sought to reduce unnecessary trash pickups, improve recycling operations, meet evolving waste regulations, and increase diversion across stores and warehouses.

Rubicon used waste stream analytics to optimize hauling schedules, improve use of existing compactors and recycling equipment, and add new diversion programs such as anaerobic digestion for food waste. The result was a 65% diversion rate, a full-scale zero waste-to-landfill pilot at selected stores, lower hauling costs, and better transparency into waste and sustainability performance.