WRAP Awards

American Licorice Company is a proud recipient of the WRAP of the Year award for the past 10 years, from 2002 to 2011!

The Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) is administered by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle): “WRAP provides an opportunity for California businesses and nonprofit organizations to gain public recognition for their outstanding waste reduction efforts and lets the community know the business takes waste reduction seriously. WRAP evaluates the waste reduction, procurement, and education activities in the internal business practices of the applicant, not in the services or products it may provide. ‘WRAP of the Year’ recognizes ten of the best examples of these efforts, which serve as waste management models to the rest of their industry.”

Here is how we reduce waste:

• Recycle film and cardboard.  Reuse candy scraps as animal feed
• Educate employees about waste reduction
• Modify the manufacturing process to use fewer materials
• Reuse surplus supplies and equipment
• In addition to awards, we received grants in 2008 and 2005 from the StopWaste Partnership of Alameda County for waste reduction efforts