Section 8: Continued

Emissions & Wastes

While there were no specific water reduction goals set for our manufacturing facilities during 1999, Ben & Jerry’s understands the need for water conservation. Water reduction teams are scheduled to become active at each of the manufacturing sites in 2000.

ADDITIONAL COMPOSTING
Each year Ben & Jerry’s hosts a One World One Heart Festival at Sugarbush, Vermont. This free, music-based event draws a large crowd. As a result, there is the potential for substantial trash generation. Over the last three years, composting has been added to our recycling stations to divert as much of this waste as possible from landfills. Not only has this been important in reducing the environmental impacts, but the process also provides an educational opportunity for festival-goers.

All of our manufacturing facilities located in Vermont use composting as the major management option for their dairy waste. Ben & Jerry’s manufacturing composted 66% of its dairy waste in 1999. In addition, our Central Support office site diverted over 6 tons (of kitchen waste and research lab waste) from its solid waste stream in 1999 by composting. The company uses two composting facilities in the state of Vermont: the Intervale Composting Facility located in Burlington, Vermont, and the Vermont Composting Company located in Montpelier, Vermont.

Section 9:

Compliance

• In 1997 there were no compliance issues, occurrences or penalties.
• In 1998 there were no compliance issues, occurrences or penalties.
• In 1999 there were no compliance issues, occurrences or penalties.

Ben & Jerry’s has never been issued any penalties from Federal Regulators.

Ben & Jerry’s considers all releases to the environment to be significant, whether they are chemical, oil or any of our ingredients. All releases are reported to the site Environmental Coordinator and the Manager of Natural Resources Use.