food waste industry News
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Normandy 2.0: Hello automation. Goodbye manual waste entry.
Tacoma, WA. With 20 years of applied knowledge and research on the deep costs of industrial food waste, Feed Commodities LLC and Normandy Waste Management Systems are pleased to announce their latest 2015 service plan, Normandy 2.0. The goal: actually add value to the food waste processing industry with streamlined, user-friendly waste tracking software. Best of all, it is completely ...
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Plastic shredder supports new processing line at Indigo Environmental
Plastic recycling specialist Indigo Environmental has invested in a new UNTHA RS40 shredder to boost its processing capabilities of this problematic waste. Handling four tonnes of material per day, the four-shaft machine with ram-assisted hopper is transforming bulky and oversize plastics – including 240 litre wheelie bins, 205 litre HDPE drums and LDPE buckets – into a Passionate ...
By Untha UK Ltd
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Cambrian Innovation Announces $18M of Dedicated Capital with Partners Spring Lane Capital
Funding Includes Project Finance Vehicle for Landmark Water-Energy Purchase Agreement Watertown, MA and Boston, MA – October 30, 2019 – Cambrian Innovation®, a commercial provider of distributed wastewater and resource recovery solutions, today announced the closing of $18 million in dedicated project finance and working equity capital with new partners including Spring Lane ...
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Defra proposes changes to landfill diversion target calculations
Changes are being considered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the way waste going to landfill in the UK is classified and calculated. The existing approach focuses on waste collected by local authorities from households. The new classification would include more commercial waste, to help “bring greater convergence between the management of household and commercial ...
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Launch of ReFood brings new energy to food recycling sector
Food waste recycler PDM Group has entered a joint venture with a German anaerobic digestion technology firm, Saria Bio-Industries, to bring “industrial scale recycling capabilities to the UK”. The collaboration will be known as ReFood and bring a nationwide AD operation to the UK, based on the collection and recycling model already operated by Saria across Germany. Currently, there are four ...
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The sunny side of the street
Sunflower seed husks, a huge waste product of the vegetable oil and food industry, could be used as an environmentally friendly filler, or aggregate, for concrete according to Turkish researchers writing in the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management. The team demonstrated that the use of husks reduces the density of concrete as well as boosting the material’s resistance ...
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Recycle Track Systems (RTS) is bringing technological innovation and a shared sustainability vision to the waste removal process at Juice Press
Recycle Track Systems (RTS), a waste and recycling technology company headquartered in New York City, is proud to announce a new partnership with Juice Press – the East Coast's fastest growing organic food and beverage retailer. Leveraging its proprietary technology, RTS is disrupting the waste and recycling industry by reducing costs, diverting more waste from landfills, and ...
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Penton’s WasteExpo 2016 explores a future without food waste
Penton’s WasteExpo, North America's largest solid waste, recycling and organics industry event, today officially announced it will host the Food Recovery Forum, a special two-day event centered on this booming industry. The conference program was developed in collaboration with Dr. Stuart Buckner, former Executive Director of the U.S. Composting Council. WasteExpo is scheduled to take place ...
By Informa PLC
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Fast food industry falling short on recycling targets
European laws aim to ensure that 60 per cent of packaging waste is recycled by the end of 2008. But in the fast food industry the majority of packaging still ends up in landfill sites, although the materials – mainly wood-based materials such as cardboard and paper - are easy to recycle. Research into McDonald’s outlets in Finland found that only 29 per cent of packaging waste was being recycled, ...
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The Monthly Digest - Food Waste - February & March 2018
Deep eutectic solvents pretreatment of agro-industrial food waste (research) Waste biomass from agro-food industries are a reliable and readily exploitable resource. From the circular economy point of view, direct residues from these industries exploited for production of fuel/chemicals is a winning issue, because it reduces the environmental/cost impact and improves the eco-sustainability of ...
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EPA Recognizes the U.S. Postal Service Headquarters Facilities in Orlando, Florida for Outstanding Waste Reduction Efforts
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the waste reduction accomplishments of the U.S. Postal Service Headquarters Facilities, Orlando, Fla. along with the other 28 participants in and endorsers of EPA’s Waste Wise program and EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge. These collaborative initiatives apply sustainable materials management practices to decrease wasted ...
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EPA Recognizes Rooms to Go in Suwanee, Georgia for Outstanding Waste Reduction Efforts
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the waste reduction accomplishments of Rooms to Go in Suwanee, Ga. along with the other 28 participants in and endorsers of EPA’s Waste Wise program and EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge. These collaborative initiatives apply sustainable materials management practices to decrease wasted food and municipal and industrial ...
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EPA Recognizes the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida for Outstanding Waste Reduction Efforts
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the waste reduction accomplishments of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. along with the other 28 participants in and endorsers of EPA’s Waste Wise program and EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge. These collaborative initiatives apply sustainable materials management practices to decrease wasted food and municipal and ...
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EPA Recognizes Governments, Organizations and Businesses for Outstanding Waste Reduction Efforts
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the waste reduction accomplishments of 29 participants in and endorsers of EPA’s Waste Wise program and EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge. These collaborative initiatives apply sustainable materials management practices to decrease wasted food and municipal and industrial wastes in the United States, leading to economic and ...
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Food waste gate fees are dropping as AD capacity in the UK increases
Average gate fees have fallen by as much as £50 per tonne since 2013 to a rate of £18-£40 per tonne today. This is due to organic recyclers reducing their food waste gate fees as competition for the feedstock from councils and businesses becomes more intense. Tony Baker, Compliance and Safety Manager for GPT Waste Management believes these smaller operators will offer the lower ...
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CO²Sense Yorkshire offers SMEs funding to reduce food waste
CO²Sense Yorkshire has made funding available to help food waste producing, collecting and processing SME’s in Yorkshire and Humber reduce their output. Businesses will be able to bid for funds from the Greenhouse Gas Savings Capital Investment fund to deliver waste reduction initiatives, recycling services or reuse projects.Funded projects are expected to hit targets including tonnage of waste ...
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The latest gate fees trends revealed by WRAP
WRAP’s Gate Fees Report: comparing the cost of alternative waste treatment options (2014/15) shows that fees remain relatively constant for most waste treatment and disposal options, with gate fees at Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) and Energy from Waste facilities (EfW) differing the most from the previous annual assessment. Based on information from local authorities and waste ...
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Innovative Thermal Oxidation Technology Piloted at Rotorua
Today the Minister for the Environment Hon Dr Nick Smith opened a pilot plant that will test an innovative process that converts biosolid waste into valuable chemical products. Opening of the pilot plant, installed at Rotorua District Council’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, is a milestone event in a research project involving Crown Research Institute Scion and the Council, who joined forces ...
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The UK’S hospitality and food service sector bill tops £2.5bn
WRAP identifies astounding £2.5 billion food waste bill in the UK’s hospitality and food waste service sector An astounding £2.5 billion food waste bill in the UK’s hospitality and food service sector has been identified by WRAP, the organisation that supports businesses and individuals in developing sustainable products, reduce waste, and use resources in an efficient ...
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Chronicle: The government must speed up the low-emission society
The resources in our biological waste can be an important piece in the work towards the low-emission society. Read an article from Avfall Norge and Norsk Vann on the topic here. Norway has set itself the goal of cutting emissions by 40% and being climate neutral by 2030. We also have a statutory goal of being a low-emission society by 2050. At the same time, Norway needs increased value ...
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