The morning light was faint, and a flock of birds were frolicking for food on the lawn covered with hoarfrost.
This is not a wetland park, but the environment is also beautiful, and migratory birds and egrets will be welcome in the warm season. This is Mengniu High-tech Dairy Wuhan Co., Ltd. located in Dongxi Lake, Wuhan.
In this Asia’s first and China’s largest low-temperature factory, it not only produces many star products such as Youyi C, Guanyi Milk, Old Yogurt, Aviation Cup, Cup Acid, etc., but also realizes a green circular economy-energy resource conservation, Ecological sustainable development, ecological environment protection.
What is the green code of Mengniu Cryogenic Wuhan plant?
Mengniu High-Tech Dairy Products Wuhan Co., Ltd.
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Every cup of yogurt is full of sunshine
"The yogurt produced here has a smell of sunshine in every cup."
In the huge production workshop, the sun shines in from the wide skylight and shines on the automated assembly line that is operating in an orderly manner.
Here, from the pretreatment workshop to the filling workshop, to the final packaging workshop, natural lighting replaced the original lamps and became the main lighting method of the workshop.
"In good weather, you can completely avoid turning on the lights." A staff member said.
Not only does it pay attention to energy conservation in production, Mengniu also penetrates the green concept into the lives of its employees.
Opposite the production workshop is the place where employees park their vehicles on a daily basis.
At first glance, it looks like an ordinary carport, but there is also the secret of low-carbon life: the ordinary carport was replaced by solar panels, and photovoltaic power generation can be used while parking the vehicle-this is built by the factory for employees The 1,240-kilowatt photovoltaic green parking lot will help companies build green smart factories while promoting cost reduction and efficiency enhancement.
Photovoltaic green parking lot.
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According to reports, the photovoltaic parking lot project covers an area of 7,000 square meters, and the project is based on the Sunny New Energy iBuilding smart BIPV solution.
The entire parking lot adopts a waterproof structure design, no glue and no water leakage. It can realize "canopy roof photovoltaic power generation, parking under the canopy for charging", "spontaneous self-use, surplus electricity online", it can be said that one canopy has multiple uses and multiple benefits.
"The annual power generation capacity of the photovoltaic parking lot reaches 1.16 million kWh, which can reduce 1150 tons of carbon emissions, which is equivalent to planting 11,500 trees."
Waste water is gone
"The land that has been opened up, what is good to plant in the future?" In the canteen, some employees discussed excitedly during the lunch break.
What motivates Mengniu's employees to "farm" is the smart farm that is being reclaimed, and the water and fertilizer needed in the farm are all self-sufficient in the factory.
The farm's self-sufficiency depends on the Clearwater Center located in the southwest corner of the factory. This is not only a sewage treatment plant, but also a "resource" factory.
Located at the Green Water Center in the southwest corner of the factory.
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"This is the first sewage treatment plant in the entire group. It adopts the BOT operation and maintenance model. It is currently operating in five aspects: water sustainability, energy self-sufficiency, material recovery, environmental protection and environmental friendliness, and smart operation." Mengniu High-tech Dairy Wuhan Co., Ltd. Introduction by Wang Weizhi, Senior Director of Production Safety and Environmental Protection Department of the responsible company (add company name).
It is understood that the sewage treatment plant is designed in accordance with the national standard for first-level discharge, and the daily sewage treatment capacity is 6,000 tons.
The current processing capacity of the first phase is 3,500 tons/day.
After treatment, the sewage can be used for greening and irrigation, which can save 70,000 tons of water each year, which is equivalent to the annual water consumption of 970 residents.
According to 6000 tons/scale, the biogas produced is about 2 million cubic meters/year, which is equivalent to saving about 1 million cubic meters of natural gas, which can reduce 1380 tons of carbon emissions.
Packaging "rebirth": from waste to cultural and creative
What can 1380 Tetra Pak packages be used for?
In the cultural and creative center of Mengniu Low Temperature Wuhan plant, there is such a recycled stool whose raw material comes from recycled Tetra Pak packaging.
"By recycling paper Tetra Pak packaging, we have created green cultural and creative products, such as notebooks, pen cases, and even benches made of renewable paper." According to the staff, Mengniu is currently also We are actively cooperating with Tetra Pak to promote the recycling and reuse of milk packs.
As part of the product, packaging also bears an extremely important environmental responsibility.
How to reduce packaging waste?
Mengniu said that it implements the 5R principles, namely refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, and rot.
In the secondary packaging of products, the heat shrinkable film used by Mengniu is a post-consumer recycled plastic product.
This product is jointly developed with Dow, which replaces the middle layer of virgin material, and makes the content of recycled material in the overall shrink film structure up to 16%, and the related performance is comparable to that of virgin resin.
It is estimated that after all the packaging is switched to use, it is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 300 tons per year. The saved carbon emissions are equivalent to the carbon dioxide absorbed by 16,000 trees in a year’s photosynthesis; water resources can be saved by 1,200 tons, which can be used. 40,000 people come to shower; 13 million megajoules of energy can be saved, and 10,000 25-watt light bulbs can be continuously lit for a year.
Innovation leads a green future
"The development of green factories is in line with the general trend of global green development. Under the national'dual carbon' goal, Mengniu is working hard to contribute to sustainable development." said Guan Wei, director of Mengniu Cryogenic Wuhan plant.
From production to distribution to consumption, why can Mengniu Cryogenic Wuhan plant achieve green and low carbon in the whole process?
"The endogenous driving force lies in innovation." Guan Wei said, Mengniu Cryogenic Wuhan plant is centered on three major designs of "structural innovation, function innovation, and experience innovation". There are a total of 219 innovative projects, including 7 layout planning innovations and 212 project innovations.
"Innovative projects cover all aspects of production, quality inspection, and environmental protection."
Mengniu Low Temperature Wuhan Factory Consumer Experience Center.
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At the same time, Mengniu Cryogenic Wuhan Plant is also a consumer experience factory, allowing consumers to "immerse" the unique charm of the Cryogenic Wuhan plant.
According to Mengniu's low-temperature Wuhan factory plan, in the future, it will focus on the four positionings of "green, digital intelligence, innovation, and experience" to create (modify the word order) an intelligent factory model, a hot urban tourist destination, a bridge for consumer interaction, and extracurricular activities for students A base for popular science, a communication platform for industry experts, and a beautiful business card for Mengniu brand communication.
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