Items Tagged with 'waste reduction'

The facility can process up to 275 tons of food and beverage waste per day and will generate 289,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas annually.

Manufacturers that are shifting their views and approaches to waste reduction — seeing it as a critical driver of performance — are also seeing the greatest gains despite a shaky economic outlook.

Many processors face similar issues: high-volume slurry waste, tightening environmental regulations, and rising costs for both inputs and disposal. But with the right technology, these challenges are solvable — and profitable.

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

The stainless steel unit is comprised of a 24 x 24-in. (61-cm) rotating cylinder with 0.08-in. (2-mm) wedge-wire screening, a variable speed drive, head box, discharge chute and support structure.

The expansion will enable the company to increase its capacity to process and store excess food, handle repackaged goods and increase the number of trucks loading inventory.

SPX FLOW’s APV brand has released the Seamless Infusion Vessel to help UHT infusion systems have longer running times, less product waste and more yield.

The company’s new single-pass digital press installation can reduce time-to-market, maximize color spectrum and support sustainability efforts on retail displays, signage and more.

Food packaging has come a long way over the last decade, those of you in the food manufacturing business—as well as those, like me, on the materials science side—have witnessed a rapidly rolling movement placing environmental friendliness at the top of priorities lists.