2018 Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Award, Second Place Tie in the Project Category: Smithfield Packaged Meats

Smithfield’s facility in Sioux City, Iowa, replaced four of its water-intensive chip smokers with waterless smokers for its smoked meat products. Smithfield’s Carter Hanson explains how the new units reduce water usage by 98 percent, saving more than 1 million gallons of water a year.