｜Mercuries F&B｜
Energy Management
Mercuries F&B Co., Ltd. replaced old equipment and purchased energy-saving equipment for the stores, and actively adopted action programs including use of green building materials to reduce energy consumption, so as to gradually realize the goal of energy conservation and carbon reduction. In 2023, the energy-saving results are listed as follows:
Waste Management
Store Waste Oil Management
To avoid environmental pollution and effectively execute resource recycling, Mercuries F&B Co., Ltd. has set up recycling facilities and labels in the restaurants of its stores, and submitted industrial waste clearing plans to the environmental protection bureaus in different places according to Regulations Governing the Recycling and Disposal of General Waste issued by the Environmental Protection Administration.
For the waste oil management, Mercuries F&B Co., Ltd. has signed waste clearing and transport contract and waste edible oil contract with a disposal manufacturer approved by the environmental protection bureau. This manufacturer recycles relevant waste at the stores every month, and the waste clearing and transport as well as transportation and other related work have been carried out according to relevant regulations and specifications to ensure the flow direction of waste. In 2023, the waste oil of the stores of Mercuries F&B Co., Ltd. reached approximately 494.47t, down by 12% compared with last year.
Waste Management of Central Kitchen
In 2023, the total quantity of waste cleared and transported from the central kitchen reached approximately 429.96t, including 126.15t of general industrial waste and approximately 165.97t of recyclable waste. All the recyclable waste was 100% recycled.
For recyclable waste paper, paper press machine is used first to press it to paper bricks; plastic bottles, glass bottles, iron and aluminum bottles, iron barrels and adhesive films are classified and then put into container bags and then regularly cleared, transported and recycled by legitimate manufacturers; kitchen waste and scrapped food ingredients are cleared and transported by eligible practitioners and then delivered to legal livestock farms (pig breeders) for treatment.
Water Resource Management
Mercuries F&B Co., Ltd. is focuses on the topic of water resources. The central kitchen of Mercuries F&B Co., Ltd. obtains water resources directly from Taiwan Water Corporation. Currently, no other water resource sharing organization is available. The central kitchen is divided into logistics center (260t water tower), and production center (320t water tower). In 2021, the water tower of the logistics center was piped to the production center. Therefore, in case of interruption of water supply, the production center can directly use the water resources from the logistics center. Recently, in accordance with the government’s requirements, Mercuries
F&B Co., Ltd. is now handling the factory registration change involving the combination of the logistics center and the production center to “Dayuan Factory of Mercuries F&B Co., Ltd.”. In the future, Mercuries F&B Co., Ltd. will only have one sewage outfall.
Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Clearing and Transport of the Central Kitchen
To ensure the conformity of the quality of wastewater discharged by the company to the regulatory standards and lower the environmental load, the company has continually updated its wastewater treatment equipment, strengthened equipment maintenance, and constantly pursued effective and efficiency treatment methods in recent years. In 2023, the total quantity of sludge cleared and transported reached 137.84t, up by 48% compared with last year. The main reason lied in the limitation of space for temporary storage of sludge due to the construction works of three factories. The frequency of clearing and transport was shortened to once every 2 months. The weight of sludge was relatively heavy due to shortened drying time.
