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Yesterday Sainsbury’s joined the great supermarket battle for the environmental initiative by opening the UK’s greenest ever superstore. The new store in Dartmouth, Devon, is built entirely from timber (not steel), collects rainwater to flush the toilets and uses wind turbines to power it’s checkouts. Better still, Sainbury’s have begun powering delivery lorries with methane-gas produced from rotting rubbish.

Sainsbury’s have really pulled out the stops on this one. The company has planted 400 trees to replace the 200 needed in construction, and engaged in no less than 38 energy-saving tactics. These include burning wood-chips in the biomass boiler, installing LED lights and solar-powered fans. Even in construction, Sainsbury’sclaim 90% of waste was recycled.

This very much seems to be the blueprint store for all of the supermarket’s new stores. Sainsbury’s anticipate that this store will use over 50% less electricity from the grid and produce 40% less CO2 than their normal stores. Sainsbury’s also hope to use 60% less rainwater than the typical supermarket store.

(Via: Brand Republic)