JGP Blog
Earth Overshoot Day
July 27, 2022Earth Overshoot Day 2022The Earth's Overshoot Day in 2022 falls on July 28th.  This day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in that year. F...
Green Claims Code
April 5, 2022New Code to prevent misleading green claimsNowadays we hear a lot of organisations talking about what they’re doing to help reduce climate change. But with so many claims being made, how can we tell everything we hear is accurate? . We...
Over 150 Training Courses Completed in 2021
March 9, 2022Over 150 Training Courses Completed by Team JG Pears in 2021We spend a lot of time at work. Experts calculate that if you start work at 18 and retire at 68 you will spend a total of 92,120 hours at work. So it’s important that you find w...
2022 Outlook – The Future of Food and Agriculture
January 7, 20222022 Outlook for Food and Agriculture Around 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture and land use, rising to more than 25% for the food system as a whole when you include processing, packaging and transport. It’s t...
The Food Waste Challenge
December 8, 2021WRAP Report Highlights Ongoing Food Waste ChallengeWRAP’s recent report on food waste has highlighted the scale of the challenge we are still facing. The charity estimates there was a staggering 9.5 million tonnes of food waste from U...
Nottinghamshire Business of the Year 2021
November 26, 2021East Midlands Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2021On 19th November 2021, JG Pears were thrilled and proud to have won two awards from the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, the first being named Business of the Year in Nottinghamshi...
Rendering in the Circular Economy
November 10, 2021Rendering in the Circular EconomyRendering is a process that has been carried out for centuries, but as we strive for a more circular economy, it’s clear this traditional practice has never been more important. Rendering converts wast...
Fighting Climate Change
August 13, 2021Fighting Climate ChangeFighting climate change is integral to the JG Pears operation. We recognise that care for the environment is a fundamental and integral part of our business, so we work hard to minimise the effect of our operation...
Generating Renewable Energy
July 9, 2021How is JG Pears Generating Renewable Energy Using Biomass?Through the development of the combined heat and power plant (CHP) at Newark, JG Pears is generating renewable energy. Our use of renewable biomass fuel significantly reduces the...
Reducing Our Environmental Impact
June 17, 2021What is the environmental impact of processing butchers' waste?Reducing our environmental impact is a key focus at JG Pears. The processing of butchers’ waste and animal by-products generates many useful, sustainable products, which i...
JG Pears Group Announces Completion of P Waddington Acquisition
October 8, 2020Press Release JG Pears Group Announces Completion of P Waddington AcquisitionJG Pears today announced the acquisition of P Waddington, the Bradford based rendering group, including the main processing facility in Bradford as well as the...
How the waste hierarchy helps butchers improve sustainability
February 3, 2020The waste hierarchy is a tool that sets out the options for managing waste in terms of what’s best for the environment. A good understanding of the waste hierarchy helps butchers improve sustainability. And if you run a butchery busin...
6 key reasons why rendering butchers’ waste is essential to society
January 3, 2020What's the problem with butchers' waste?Today, the UK produces over 1.75 million tonnes of animal by-products. A significant proportion of that is butcher’s waste: Offal, bones, fat, trimmings, blood, and meat that has spoiled. Rend...
Making sustainable fuel from butchers’ waste
December 3, 2019Biofuels replacing fossil fuels?In recent years, there’s been a big push to promote biofuels as a replacement for fossil fuels. But not all biofuels are equal. In fact, it’s now clear that many plant-based biofuels bring a fresh set...
Discover our safe, clean, and green butchers’ waste collection vehicles
November 3, 2019Safe, clean, and green butchers' waste collectionNo modern professional butchery business wants to see dirty, smelly collection trucks arrive for waste collections – and when customers book collection services from JG Pears, they know...
Opening a butcher’s shop?
October 3, 2019Opening a butcher’s shop? 3 essential things you need to know about waste disposal regulationsIf you’re opening a butcher’s shop, it’s important to be aware that food safety regulations are just as strict for the waste you donâ€...
Butchers’ Waste Explained
September 3, 2019What do animal renderers make from butcher’s waste and animal by-products – and why is rendering so green?328 million pigs, sheep, goats, and cows and 6 billion poultry birds are slaughtered each year in the EU. Each carcass contain...