A small amount of soil enters our sugar refineries with each sugar beet. We collect this soil after washing our sugar beets and send it directly to RICOTER AG in Aarberg and Frauenfeld. RICOTER combines the soil with rinds and other organic byproducts from other industries to create high quality garden soil. This conservation practice allows us to complete the material cycle and counteract the depletion of our ecologically valuable peatlands.