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Doin' Doggone Good
For the Planet
Since the early days, Lagunitas Brewing Company has taken great pride in our commitment to reducing our environmental impact. Today we continue that work by creating a more resilient and regenerative craft beer industry.
HIGHLIGHTING OUR SUSTAINABLE SUPPLIER PARTNERS
- Roy Farms runs 100% on solar energy – full solar power!
- Roy Farms is improving irrigation conservation.
- Chinook Arch Growers: Barley farmers sustainability group
RECYCLING
- Petaluma and Chicago combine for over 100,000 lbs per month of recycled material (cardboard, glass & plastic), keeping it out of the landfill.
- We re-use these recycled materials in our packaging.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOLAR
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- Petaluma’s solar system generates 3.2 GWh/yr of renewable energy & nearly 60% of our total Petaluma brewery electricity consumption.
- BIO-DIGESTER
- Gas generated in the anaerobic bio-digester generates 438,000 kwh/yr of renewable energy.
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- Petaluma has been cutting down energy usage.
- Chicago is taking steps to reduce the total electricity consumption & explore self-generation.
REDUCING WASTE
- SPENT GRAIN
- Our spent grains and yeast are sold at a discount to local farms.
- This keeps12M lbs of waste out of the landfill annually.
- The spent grain and yeast provides high quality nutritional feed to farm animals in our communities.
- EXTRACT LOSS
- We continually improve efficiencies and practices to reduce our extract loss from the brewing process to bottling/canning procedures.
- We’ve improved extraction loss by 1/3 which means there is more beer to enjoy & less waste during the process!
- SAVING WATER
- Wastewater Treatment Plant in Petaluma treats 100% of our wastewater on-site.
- The new system reduces our water intake by 20%
