Beverage Container Recycling Applications

Watson-Marlow understands the challenges faced by food and beverage manufacturers. We know that your reputation and brand rely on product integrity and consistency. This is where our range of positive displacement pumps can help.

By Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group based in Falmouth, UNITED KINGDOM.

Packaging waste is mostly made up of different polymers, beverage cartons, paper and glass. Depending on the country in question, different collection systems apply and the material will invariably arrive in different conditions to the MRF’s (Materials Recovery Facility).

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH. based in Mülheim-Kärlich, GERMANY.

Aluminium items are eminently suited to recycle. Did you know that aluminium can be recycled infinitely without losing quality? Recycling aluminium beverage cans saves 95% of the energy used making an aluminium can, compared to making it from raw bauxite. The energy saved from recycling one aluminium Coca Cola can will run a TV for three hours. If not recycled, it takes 80-100 years for an aluminium can to break down in a landfill.

By Eldan Recycling A/S based in Faaborg, DENMARK.

Our process separates the solid materials from oils and fat that are mainly produced during the animal`s slaughter and quartering. In the case of slaughterhouses, our ANACONDA equipment can reduce the contaminating load by up to 95%.

By Toro Equipment S.L. based in La Cistérniga, SPAIN.

Our precision cleaners provide consistent results with every use and leave surfaces completely clean. They have been proven in cleaning applications ranging from mixing tanks, processing equipment and fluid lines to labware, general maintenance, and filter membrane cleaning. Our products remove protein, starch, fat, gum, oil, grease, and baked on soils. All of our cleaners are NSF registered, USDA-A1 cleaners and can be validated in FDA cleaning processes. Validation methods and health and safety data are available upon request. Our lab will work with you to determine the best cleaner for your application.

By International Products Corporation based in Burlington, NEW JERSEY (USA).

The food & beverage industry uses water for containers’ and plants’ rinsing, raw materials and plants’ washing, and for boilers feeding. All the effluents coming from the production process can be reused a second time allowing water saving and matter recovery (when needed).

By EVALED-Evaporator based in Zoppola (PN), ITALY.

Naturally occurred is predominantly L-form of tartaric acid whereas its D-form and the relevant racemic mixture can be artificially synthesized. Generally, artificial acidification of wine with tartaric acid is allowed by OIV, but only pure L-form must be used for this purpose. Thus the analysis of tartaric acid isomers either in food additives or directly in wine can be an important parameter in clarifying any deviations in wine production. Analysis of isomers of malic acid is also within the necessary oenological procedures stated in OIV recommendations. LUMEX INSTRUMENTS offers the present method which allows determination of L- and D-forms of tartaric and malic acids in wine, wine materials, and special food additives by capillary electrophoresis method. 

By Lumex Instruments Group based in Mission, BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA).

The food and drink industry relies on modern packaging materials and systems to extend the life of its products and to make them easy to store and transport. Inevitably during these processes wastage occurs whether this is when food expires, through faulty packaging or is otherwise unfit for sale or consumption, disposal can become a costly burden for the food manufacturers or retailers.

By HSM GmbH + Co. KG based in Frickingen, GERMANY.

The organic acids profile in wine is a highly informative parameter since it reveals important features of the whole technological process. It is also one of the most important criteria for wine authentication. In spirits like cognac, brandy or whiskey, the presence of certain organic acids can indicate the violation of distillation or maturation processes or reveal the tendency to precipitate during storage. Some organic acids (sorbic, benzoic, ascorbic) can serve as preservatives; their presence is strictly regulated. Although the presence of sorbic acid in alcoholic beverages can be natural in some cases, in other cases it can indicate severe violation of the technological process or even complete falsification. 

By Lumex Instruments Group based in Mission, BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA).

The crushing of cans such as, for example, paint cans, food cans, oil cans or beverage cans serves, on the one hand, for recycling the raw materials and at the same time contributes to the protection of the environment, because part of the recycled raw materials can be reused, but also, on the other hand, for the volume reduction.

By MERCODOR GmbH Sondermaschinenbau KG based in Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY.

The food and beverage industry uses water within its production process and for raw material washing, producing large quantities of wastewater. To reduce the water impact index, all the effluents coming from the production process can be reused a second time allowing water saving. IDRAFLOT package flotation units are a technological solution for the separation of suspended solids and oil/fats from a water-based stream.

By IDRAFLOT based in Zoppola, ITALY.

An application was developed to demonstrate increased pigment removal for the analysis of pesticides, using Supel™ QuE Z-Sep/C18 QuEChERS and an Ascentis® Express C18 HPLC Column. The improved cleanup can decrease column and instrument fouling, leading to extended LC column lifetime and reduced instrument downtime.

By MilliporeSigma based in Bellefonte, PENNSYLVANIA (USA).

Caramel colorings are used as additives in a broad range of food and beverage products to impart a desired color, but have no nutritional or preservative function. Recently, the potential hazard to humans of ammonia- and ammonia-sulfite-process caramel colorings was raised, because they contain the by-product 4-methylimidazole, which is a potential carcinogen.1 The methylimidazole compounds are difficult to analyze due to their polar nature and low molecular weight. Traditional reversed phase techniques are unsuccessful in retaining these small polar compounds. Therefore, most HPLC methods utilize ion-exchange resins for analysis. Another common method involves GC analysis after the analytes first undergo a derivatization step. The purpose of the work shown in this article was to develop a simple and fast analytical method to determine the levels of 2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole in caramel colored carbonated beverages.

By MilliporeSigma based in Bellefonte, PENNSYLVANIA (USA).

You go all out to produce only the best culinary creations, so how pure is your water? Water purity can have a huge impact on the flavor, aroma, visual appearance, healthfulness and even shelf life of your foods. Many beverages such as coffee and teas can be up to 99% water, so is it any wonder that water purity makes it taste so much better? When made with our pure water, alcoholic drinks don’t have the oil slick floating on the surface. Sushi masters in Japan love how our water makes sushi rice ‘pop’ in their mouth. When you boil pasta you will notice the lack of foam in the water. Ice tea stays good for weeks instead of days. Soup not only tastes better, but it’s healthier because it’s free of the contaminants present in your tap water. This is how food is supposed to taste!

By Pure & Secure, LLC. based in Lincoln, NEBRASKA (USA).

Bioaugmentation consists in an increase of selected bacteria that will help naturally the process of biological degradation of organic compounds. BIODIGESTOR can be applied in the biological treatment of an industrial waste-water treatment, like food industry, increasing its efficiency. BIODIGESTOR reduces COD, BOD, FOG, among others.

By Atlas Seis - Sistemas de Energia para a Industria e Serviços, Lda. based in S.Domingos de Rana, PORTUGAL.

The importance of the right nitrogen generation system for beverage storage, CO2 mixing, transporting, and dispensing to your end users can’t be overstated. That’s why it is critical to work with the right company to supply you with the best nitrogen generation beverage system in the industry, and that’s Gas Control Systems.

By Gas Control Systems, Inc (GCS) based in Sparta, MICHIGAN (USA).

Corn refiners can appreciate the many advantages of the Trislot looped and welded screens compared to wire mesh, perforated plate or other filtration media: very precise slots, smooth screen surface, optionally polished, high open area thanks to fine profile wires, low maintenance, looped or welded execution available.

By Trislot N.V. based in Waregem, BELGIUM.

Industrial additive mixing and blending equipment from Pulsair Systems. Pulsair industrial additives mixing systems are designed to efficiently mix and blend additives with base liquid products yielding faster blending times and a more homogenous solution at a much lower cost than traditional mixing systems. Pulsair mixing systems support many industries that require mixing additives such as lubricants, food processing, chemicals, paints and more. Our non-shear industrial additive mixing systems are highly energy efficient, easy to use and maintain, cost-effective and well suited for any base product and oil, food and chemical additive mixture. The Pulsair mixing process can efficiently mix in any size and number of tanks.

By Pulsair Systems, Inc based in Bellevue, WASHINGTON (USA).

Industrial wastewater characterized by an high COD content are an interesting renewable source for the Food and beverage industrial sector which can have them readily available from their industrial processes. The COD contribution in the wastewater can be easily converted in biogas and then in green energy to reuse inside the factory as both electrical energy and thermal energy. This process can be applied with the installation of the UASB technology, implemented by Hydroitalia - Colsen in new and existing plants.

By Hydroitalia - Colsen Srl based in Medicina, ITALY.

After supreme purity law of water: In the food industry water of the highest quality is required. For filling of cans, bottles and other packaging only sterile water may be in use. The same applies to machinery and production lines which must be cleaned regularly at the highest level. For these waters AWAS offers combined UVA and UVC procedures.

By AWAS International GmbH based in Wilnsdorf, GERMANY.