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Plastic pallets and plastic totes provide enhanced durability and reusability, making them the sustainable option for manufacturers looking to reduce their environmental impact while maintaining high hygiene standards.

This effort also supports Cargill’s climate goals, which include a 10% reduction in operational emissions by this year.

FOOD ENGINEERING recently spoke to Arborea founder and CEO Julian Melchiorri, as well as Dr. Kalyan Chatakondu, global commercial director, about the company’s Biosolar leaf technology, turning microscopic plants into valuable food ingredients, and its partnership with ABInBev.

Placed next to a manure lagoon, the bioreactor consumed biogas continuously for more than a month and converted over 85% of the methane from manure on-site without the need for pre-treatment of the gas or any external sources of energy.

Through its net-zero carbon emissions pillar, the company implements a strategy covering all three scopes of emissions, focusing on the use of renewable energy, reducing fossil fuel consumption and collaborating with its value chain to reduce indirect emissions.

Faced with rising ESG expectations, carbon reduction mandates and consumer pressure for climate-conscious sourcing, companies are reevaluating every link in their supply chain. Yet one of the most fuel-intensive, labor-constrained and congestion-prone areas often goes overlooked: yard operations.

The definition of clean label is evolving to include not only natural ingredients but also decarbonization, reductions in virgin plastic packaging, cleaner processing, energy efficiency and more.

The facility was built on land purchased from Franklin County Industrial Development Corporation and is expected to generate 8,750,000 kWh annually of renewable electricity, exported to the Vermont grid under the state’s Standard Offer program.

The company is evolving its sustainability targets with the latest science and being pragmatic about where efforts have been limited by external factors and systemic barriers, such as lagging infrastructure and the growth of the business.

Circular models give food companies the tools to operate through disruption rather than around it.