Producing Sugar Sustainably | Yonkers Sugar Refinery Finds Creative Ways to Reduce or Reuse Water 

In New York, American Sugar Refining Group’s Yonkers Refinery is taking steps to protect the water.
The team at ASR Group's Yonkers Refinery installed water meters all over the facility and reexamined every process to find ways to reduce or reuse water.
Cold water that once left the plant after a single use is now heated for hot water needs. Steam and vapor is captured. Water used to rinse off sugar resin is cleaned and put back into service elsewhere.
The end result is a 24 percent reduction in water use.
"It's just something that I know the city of Yonkers knows about, it's something they're proud of," said Elizabeth Mendonca, Yonkers Refinery Manager. "I hope that people in Yonkers do know all the things that we're doing to be more sustainable and support our local community. We're trying to bring the water usage down overall in Yonkers so that we're all benefiting from it."
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