Processing Equipment

When it comes to water, processors need to get ready for risks

Setting clear, quantifiable targets with time-specific deadlines for a company’s entire supply chain is essential for achieving water resilience goals.

February 22, 2017

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Processing Equipment

New aseptic carton from Tetra Pak is first to win Vinçotte certification

The Belgium-based accreditation agency is known for assessing the renewable content of packaging products.

January 27, 2017

Processing Equipment

Converting biogas into raw materials for food processing, wastewater treatment plants

A new technology could reduce emissions, increase the use of biogas and improve protein self-sufficiency.

January 14, 2017

Processing Equipment

Sanderson Farms’ wastewater treatment systems garner awards of excellence

Since 2008 the poultry processor has reduced electricity usage by 21%, natural gas usage by 39% and water usage by 42%.

December 12, 2016

Beverage

A fresh idea on single-serve sustainability

Mars Drinks’ package redesign keeps more single-cup packs out of landfills.

November 3, 2016

Processing Equipment

Snyder’s-Lance: Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Award Winner

See how the Snyder’s-Lance Cape Cod potato chip facility in Hyannis, Massachusetts built a new wastewater treatment facility that meets it production increases, while reducing treatment operation from 24/7 to five days a week on one shift.

October 8, 2016

Processing Equipment

Smithfield Foods: Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Award Winner

Learn how Smithfield Foods’ Kinston, North Carolina plant optimized its onsite wastewater pre-treatment facility by installing a reuse pump and filters to save 4.6 billion gallons of water. The project cost was less than $10,000 and saves the company $20,000 per year.

October 8, 2016

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Sabra Dipping’s Virginia facility gets LEED-Gold

This is Sabra’s second LEED certification for the Chesterfield, VA facility.

October 6, 2016

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Call for submissions open for Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards

If you have recently implemented a major sustainability project or program at your facility, join your industry peers and be honored for your work.

September 12, 2016