A switch away from cardboard to reusable plastic totes and baskets not only saves money for Smithfield’s Sioux City plant, it also reduces cardboard sent to landfill.
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Smithfield’s Switch from Cardboard to Reusable Plastic Totes Pays Off
Smithfield Foods receives first place in the Project Category of ProFood World's Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards.
September 15, 2021

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PepsiCo Announces Strategic Transformation With Sustainability at the Center
The pep+ (pep Positive) transformation will create growth and value for PepsiCo by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for the planet and people.
September 15, 2021
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Maple Leaf Foods Releases 2020 Sustainability Report
Company reports progress on its journey to become Earth’s most sustainable protein company, as it approaches 2 years as the world’s first major carbon neutral food company.
September 14, 2021
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Nomad Foods Joins Race to Zero
Europe’s largest frozen food producer commits to Business Ambition for 1.5 °C campaign, setting new emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.
September 9, 2021
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Conagra Brands Cuts Water Usage for Its Cherry Fresh Pack Product
The company receives third place in program category of ProFood World's Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards.
September 8, 2021
Replacing valves to limit water losses saved millions of gallons of water for Conagra Brands’ Fennville, Mich., plant.
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Smucker Releases 2021 Corporate Impact Report
The document announces new environmental impact goals and reiterates the company’s commitment to positively influence the issues challenging people and pets.
September 8, 2021
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Supplier/Processor Collaboration Results in Sustainable Packaging Success
A partnership between Liffey Meats and Graphic Packaging International supplies 2 million PaperSeal tray units annually to Lidl that feature a barrier-lined paperboard alternative to traditional plastic vacuum skin packaging.
September 8, 2021
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Air Knife Project, Ham Net Packaging Cost Reduction Win Awards
Smithfield’s Kinston, N.C. facility uses less compressed air and benefits from a lower cost per foot of netting, decreasing the amount of packaging waste to be hauled.
September 7, 2021
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Reusable Plastic Combos for Work in Progress Support Smithfield’s Green Goals
Changing two processes to use reusable, folding, plastic combos and baskets greatly reduced cardboard waste at the meat processor’s Sioux City facility.
September 7, 2021
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Bio-Inspired Retrofit May Save Manufacturers Millions of Gallons of Water Annually
Namib desert beetles capture water droplets from fog. To fight water scarcity, an MIT-spinoff uses the same concept to capture and recycle vapor from cooling tower plumes, saving water and cutting costs in manufacturing facilities.
September 1, 2021
Infinite Cooling developed an add-on process to capture cooling tower plumes’ water.
Sustainability
PepsiCo to Develop Its Largest and Most Sustainable Plant in Europe
The snacks plant will provide extra capacity to respond to the rapid growth in the company’s foods portfolio, including brands such as Lay’s fried and Oven Baked chips, and Doritos corn chips.
August 30, 2021
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A Success Against Food Waste | JBS, Sanderson Farms, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United News Update
Sanderson Farms to be sold to Cargill and Continental Grain, while JBS acquires aquaculture firm, and Coca-Cola Bottling Company United plans facility investment. Also on Take Five: Great Britain shares its food waste success in a Champion 12.3 webinar.
August 27, 2021
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Tray Sealer Helps Startup Brand Become a Savory Success
Using a combination of vacuum skin packaging and High Pressure Processing, grab-and-go meal startup Torn Apron is producing 4,000 tray packs/week of restaurant-quality meals that have a shelf life from 50 to 60 days.
August 25, 2021
Torn Apron’s chef-prepared, restaurant-quality grab-and-go meals are packaged in vacuum skin packs that let the bright colors of the fresh ingredients shine through.
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