food processing waste News
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PHOENIX Process Equipment Co Announces Expanded Belt Filter Press Line
PHOENIX Process Equipment Co., of Louisville, Kentucky, has announced an expanded line of Model WX Belt Filter Presses. The Model WX is available in several different configurations, each suited to the specific application. Many of its design features were selected particularly for rugged mining and aggregate installations. The basic configuration includes a fully welded mainframe, ...
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Revolutionizing Food Waste Management with Anozyme 205
Waste management has been a growing concern for decades, with an increase in population and urbanization leading to a significant rise in the amount of waste generated. One of the biggest contributors to this waste stream is food waste, with millions of tons of food being thrown away every year. This not only contributes to the already overflowing landfills, but also releases greenhouse gases ...
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Depackaging Source Separated Organic Waste
Rowan engineering and their Spanish agents recently completed the supply, installation and commissioning of a complete depackaging line in northern Spain to seperate organic waste. The machine will be processing food waste collected from local villages and towns and adding the recovered organic material to its compost. Due to the nature of the material, stainless steel was for all contact ...
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New funding for food waste processing guide launched by WRAP
The Waste & Resources Action Programme has launched a new guide to funding for waste processing activities, such as composting and anaerobic digestion. The guide lists potential sources of funding from a range of organisations covering areas such as environmental improvements, business development, and research, as well as detailing other grant aid schemes which may be of interest. This is ...
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EPA employees receive service to America medals
The Environmental Protection Agency announced that several agency employees were awarded the 2009 Service to America Medals by the Partnership for Public Service. EPA employees Cara Peck, Life Scientist in EPA’s Region 9 and Kristen Taddonio, Director of Climate Choice at EPA headquarters were awarded the Call to Service Medal, and Regan Murray and the Threat Ensemble Vulnerability Assessment ...
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EPA Extends Public Comment Period On ICR On Anaerobic Digestion Facilities Processing Wasted Food
On September 29, 2020, EPA announced that it has submitted for review and approval an information collection request (ICR) on Anaerobic Digestion Facilities Processing Wasted Food to Support EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management Program and Sustainable Management of Food Efforts to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). EPA’s Federal Register notice proposes the renewal of a ...
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CITGO recognizes southern sustainable resources for fueling good
Doing good in local communities is a core value woven throughout CITGO Petroleum Corporation and one that is uniquely demonstrated through its Fueling Good Program. Now in its third year, Fueling Good recognizes and rewards local heroes within their communities for the good works they do, from caring for the needy to providing food for the hungry to assisting kids who need dental care. As part ...
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Food Waste: No Need To Sort or Separate
A major feature of the WastAway system is its ability to fully process all types of food waste without the huge expense of separate collection systems. Whether from homes, institutions or restaurants, food waste that is troublesome to most disposal systems, including landfills, is welcomed as an important source of energy for WastAway’s fuel product. Treating the waste stream holistically ...
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Nestlé supports World Environment Day campaign to avoid food waste
Nestlé S.A. / Nestlé supports World Environment Day campaign to avoid food waste . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Nestlé is celebrating the theme of this year's World Environment Day by participating in the 'Think.Eat.Save' campaign to prevent food waste and food loss.The campaign by the United Nations ...
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Innovative Wastewater Treatment Plant in Victorville, Calif. Aims to Go Off-the-Grid
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency joined the Bureau of Reclamation, the California Energy Commission, and Congressman Col. Paul Cook at the ceremonial start of Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority’s carbon-neutral energy project located at their wastewater treatment facility in Victorville, Calif. The facility aims to go off-the-grid, creating energy using tons of ...
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Food Waste Depackaging Machine
Siedon Technology Co., Ltd. has successfully developed a food waste depackaging machine in order to solve the difficult problem of organic matter extraction in food waste. The depacker solves the technical problems of incomplete separation of organic matter and inorganic matter in the project process, serious waste of organic matter and high operating cost caused by poor pulping effect. The food ...
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NEWLY patented liquid hypochlorite injection system
Fluid Metering, Inc. introduces their NEW Patented Chloritrol™ valveless metering system for accurate, maintenance-free injection of Liquid Sodium & Calcium Hypochlorite for treatment of Municipal Drinking Water. Accurately metering of Liquid Sodium Hypochlorite presents a unique challenge because of the fluid’s tendency to out-gas. Fluid Metering will be exhibiting the Chloritrol at the ...
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Biffa signs three-year contract to take Sainsbury`s food waste
Waste management firm Biffa has signed a contract with Sainsbury’s to process its Midlands food waste using anaerobic digestion. Over three years, Biffa will handle food waste from 40 Sainsbury’s Midlands stores in another step towards diverting all the supermarket’s food waste from landfill. Sainsbury’s commercial director Neil Sachdev said: “We are the industry leader in the use of anaerobic ...
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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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Selby AD plant appoints technology provider
The “UK’s biggest” anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has appointed Entec Biogas to supply its digestion technology. The Austrian firm has recently completed detailed designs for the Selby Renewable Energy Park, allowing the first stages of construction to begin in the coming months, with a view to opening the facility in 2011. Selby business development manager Shaun Flynn told MRW: “The reason ...
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Leading Anaerobic digestion firm calls for ban on food waste to landfill
Localised collection rules are hampering the plans to build 40 anaerobic digestion plants, warns Tamar Energy. The UK government has been called upon by the UK’s first large-scale anaerobic digestion developer, asking to ban food waste from landfill to help the UK meets its 2020 renewable energy targets. The government were called upon after they unveiled its second annual progress report ...
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Entrepreneur Connects Generators To AD
Napoleon Biogas, LLC processes organic waste from a neighboring Campbell Soup Company plant in Napoleon, Ohio. Underground pipes transport the organics from the plant to the digester (shown in foreground; biogas storage unit on right). Western New York is one of the top dairy-producing regions in the U.S. The by-products of making milk, cream, yogurt and other dairy products have certain ...
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MBT and AD can help UK to cut its emissions
Significant reductions in carbon emissions can be made in waste through use of anaerobic digestion (AD) and mechanical biological treatment (MBT) technology, according to the Government-backed Climate Change Committee (CCC). The CCC is a new independent body that advises the Government on long-term targets to tackle climate change and has produced a report Building a low-carbon economy. In the ...
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EVK and HDM agree to cooperate on Italian industrial bulk sorting and inspection market
Under this cooperation, HDM has expanded its product portfolio with hyperspectral imaging cameras, inductive sensors and data analytics products from EVK. With the new offering, HDM provides to its customers sensor-based sorting and monitoring solutions for applications such as foreign body removal in food processing, separation of waste or plastic recycling. EVK market-proven imaging solutions ...
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SEaB Energy targets port waste
UK-based SEaB Energy is encouraging sustainable operations with its patented technology that turns waste into energy, and is looking to target the ports sector next. The Flexibuster, a self-contained anaerobic digester, is designed to process food and organic waste. Developed by the company five years ago, it is manufactured by them and delivered as a ‘plug-and-play’ unit. Sandra ...
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