waste reduction | Food Engineering

Canadian Food Innovation Network Invests More Than $530k in Six Foodtech Projects

November 2, 2022

Digital twins, circular packaging and alternative proteins among the innovations funded through CFIN’s Innovation Booster Program.

Company News

The Kiva Cares Project Aims to Reduce Waste and Increase Medicinal Cannabis Accessibility

September 26, 2022

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Kiva has created the donations project in hopes of revolutionizing the cannabis industry by utilizing potentially wasted product and better serving its community.

Freshie Organic Tequila Seltzer packaging

RTD Spirits

Freshie Launches New Tequila Seltzer Flavors

August 26, 2022

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Freshie Organic Tequila Seltzer launched in 2021 in Illinois with a single flavor — lime—and is now launching new flavors and an eight-can variety package with two of each new flavor.

Waste Management

Tips on cutting waste, a high-stakes priority for food manufacturers

A Q&A with 3 industry experts on waste disposal and recycling

Sharon Spielman

October 26, 2020

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Experts give tips on how to cut waste in food manufacturing, explaining how sustainability efforts for waste disposal and recycling can save processors money.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | MARCH 2020

Streamlining cannabis food and beverage packaging

Simplified solutions: The cannabis industry needs to streamline its approach toward packaging in order to reduce its carbon footprint.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

March 23, 2020

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In order to meet diverse product needs related to protection, shelf life, overall quality, branding, safety, and local regulatory requirements, customers often leave cannabis dispensaries with products featuring multiple levels of redundant packaging. The industry is in need of a more-streamlined approach.

Sustainability

Smithfield Foods announces zero waste to landfill initiative

Release of 2018 sustainability report shows a strengthened commitment to environmental sustainability with certification of 35 of its facilities as zero solid waste

Wayne Labs

May 28, 2019

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With the release of its 2018 Sustainability Report, Smithfield Foods announced the company’s commitment to reduce overall solid waste sent to landfills 75% by 2025. This includes certifying at least 35 of its U.S. facilities, or three-quarters of its domestic facilities, as zero-waste-to-landfill by 2025.

Green Series

A lean and green approach to reduce waste, improve quality

Wayne Labs

May 20, 2019

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Implementing lean manufacturing techniques can help companies improve operational performance and customer responsiveness to improve the bottom line.

Natural Grocers eliminates over 300 million single-use plastic bags

Since Earth Day 2009, Natural Grocers has led the fight to reduce single-use plastic bags and end food insecurity in the communities they serve.

April 2, 2019

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Natural Grocers, Denver, Colo., eliminated more than 300 million single-use plastic bags across all 152 stores.

Fabulous Food Plants

Hispanic Cheese Makers' fabulous food plant sets the bar for reducing waste

Hispanic Cheese Makers’ wastewater lagoons are a big project, but a small part of the company’s overall sustainability goal

Casey Laughman

December 12, 2018

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What Hispanic Cheese Makers is doing with its wastewater and with its sustainability efforts overall makes it a model for producers looking for ways to be sustainable and good neighbors, and it’s why Hispanic Cheese Makers is being featured as a Fabulous Food Plant.

Food Packaging

Supremia announces eco-friendly cotton bag repurposing initiative

Supremia and Terracycle are collaborating on an initiative to collect and repurpose cotton bags

Casey Laughman

September 17, 2018

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Premiums and promotional packaging specialist Supremia has announced that it has hired TerraCycle to collect and repurpose cotton bags that Supremia is no longer using.