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Food Packaging

Supremia announces eco-friendly cotton bag repurposing initiative

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

September 17, 2018

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.

Sustainability

Duke University bans disposable plastic bags from campus dining program

Plastic bags and food service ware will be replaced by compostable or recyclable materials

Casey Laughman

July 16, 2018

Duke University has banned the use of disposable plastics campus-wide for all Duke Dining locations. Part of The Deliberate Dining Project, the program bans single-use, carry-out plastic bags and disposable plastic food service wear.

TECH FLASH

New Belgium earns platinum certification for zero waste initiatives

The brewery diverts 99.9 percent of its waste away from landfills.

Jeremy Gerrard

July 28, 2016

New Belgium scored 69 out of 80 points across categories such as reduce, redesign, zero waste purchasing, leadership and innovation.

All MillerCoors major breweries now landfill-free

Jeremy Gerrard

February 18, 2016

With its Fort Worth, TX brewery added to the list, MillerCoors reported all of its major breweries are now landfill-free.

Green Series

Achieving Zero Waste

Food and beverage manufacturers continue sustainability efforts by minimizing byproducts, composting waste, recycling processing and packaging materials, and conserving energy and water.

Wayne Labs

February 10, 2016

Manufacturers looking to improve their sustainability are wise to remember the three R’s of waste management: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Green Series

Sustainable stars in food manufacturing

Five facilities are recognized for projects or programs that improve environmentally friendly efforts in food and beverage product manufacturing operations.

Debra Schug

November 12, 2015

On April 15 of this year, PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network presented the 2014 Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards (SEMA) during Food Engineering’s Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference in Clearwater Beach, FL.

TECH FLASH

All Nestlé USA factories now landfill free

In a commitment to sustainability on Earth Day, Nestle announced its 23 factories have achieved zero waste-to-landfill status.

Jeremy Gerrard

April 28, 2015

All Nestlé USA factories employ ISO 14001-certified environmental management systems to help manage their environmental impact.

Snack manufacturer fuels trucks with cooking oil

Jeremy Gerrard

September 30, 2014

United Biscuits, an international manufacturer of biscuits and cakes, is pioneering a sustainability initiative through the use of waste cooking oil to power its fleet of trucks.