Wiltshire Farm Foods in Great Dunmow has received the King's Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development.
This is the fourth royal honour for the ready meal provider, which has previously won three Queen's Awards for Enterprise.
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The company received the accolade for its closed-loop recycling scheme, where customers return food trays to drivers for them to be recycled into new trays - with 25 million trays recycled to date.
Great Dunmow regional sales and operations manager John Bromfield said: "This is all down to the tireless work from our drivers and their relationships with our customers – getting them involved in doing their bit for the environment has been a real motivator.
"It’s a brilliant example of teamwork at its best!"
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