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No soft options for Britvic when it comes to carbon footprint reduction

06 November 2023

Find out what Britvic is doing at its Beckton site to help it achieve its goal of reducing direct carbon emissions by 50% by 2025.

At its Beckton site, Britvic is able to produce around 2,000 drinks every minute. The company is in the process of installing a heat recovery system which it is hoped will help cut the factory’s carbon emissions by an estimated 1,200 tons annually.

For Britvic, the project is a major step toward its goal of reducing direct carbon emissions by 50% by 2025 and achieving net zero by 2050. “The challenge with this brown field project was how the improvements support us on our journey to reduce our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions as part of our science-based targets and our Healthier People, Healthier Planet sustainability strategy,” explained Sarah Webster, Director of Sustainable Business at Britvic. 

Britvic will convert much of its process heating from natural gas steam boilers to a carbon- free heat recovery system driven by heat pumps. The new heat recovery system, designed and supplied by GEA, reuses low temperature waste heat from the existing production system. This waste heat was previously released into the atmosphere and will now be used to heat hot water to 92°C, which will be distributed throughout the plant.

Britvic says this will decarbonise 50% of the site's heat demand by using less gas in the traditional steam boilers, shifting the heat source away from fossil fuels. A valved connection is provided for up to 750 kW of heat which will be recovered in the future from other sources. 


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