Sustainability

Packaging

Compostable packaging makes opening Perdue's online products nice

February 11, 2020

Perdue Farms is getting into online sales, and its shipping packaging hits many consumer priorities.

Packaging

What’s in your sustainability toolkit?

Key considerations for brands and OEMs implementing eco-friendly packaging solutions

Jorge Izquierdo

January 23, 2020

The move toward sustainable practices, products and materials is no longer on the horizon but ever-present.

Viking Masek saves energy with solar array

Energy savings

Packaging machine company turns toward the sun

Solar power helps Viking Masek save some big bucks

Wayne Labs

January 9, 2020

Solar arrays aren't just for sunny southern climes; they can reduce energy bills up north, too.

Engineering R&D

Novel plastic formulation decomposes naturally

Wayne Labs

December 19, 2019

A new plastic technology developed by a startup company, Radical Plastics, has created a plastic resin that—depending on composition—can have a “preprogrammed” time to return to basic nonthreatening carbon compounds.

Energy

Combined heat and power cogeneration can ensure consistency and save energy

Gas-fired turbine engines are a relatively low-maintenance investment that can pay for themselves

Luke Baker

December 6, 2019

In food and beverage production, consistency—in quality, output, costs, regulatory compliance and sustainability—is everything. Variability in any of these areas can bedevil process engineers and, if inadequately mitigated or remediated, can torpedo a producer’s bottom-line.

Sustainability

Reduce, reuse, recycle can help processors meet water usage goals

Sharon Spielman

November 18, 2019

Although potable fresh water may seem like an endless resource, it is becoming scarcer as the population continues to grow and as the climate continues to change.

Editor's Note

Sustainable solutions offer big challenges to food processors

Casey Laughman

November 13, 2019

It’s fair to say that the easy part is over, or at least mostly over. But sustainability isn’t going away because corporate sustainability goals, cost pressures and demands for details about sustainable production and ingredients from consumers are all here to stay.

Sustainability

Packaging industry pumps up R&D to keep pace with green goals

Rose Shilling

November 11, 2019

One after another, food and beverage companies have declared plans to cut waste and move toward the ultimate goal: packaging materials that are reused over and over.

Green Series

Energy Efficiency Strategies for Food Processors

Wayne Labs

November 1, 2019

While food processors have to commit to using a certain amount of energy to meet production and food safety requirements, there are ways to be more efficient about how that energy is used.