Water technology: an increasingly prominent role in the food and beverage industry
06 December, 2016 by Leno CavarraLeno Cavarra, Client Executive Manager, Veolia Water Technologies, Australia & New Zealand, looks at how existing water and wastewater challenges may hinder future growth in the F&B industry if they are not addressed.
DuPont to supply biogas enzymes to MIAVIT
23 November, 2016 | Supplied by: DuPont Australia Pty LtdDuPont Industrial Biosciences will supply enzymes for incorporation into biogas-boosting products distributed by MIAVIT under a new supply agreement.
Europe wants to replace poisons with laser fences
27 October, 2016The European Commission is moving towards the elimination of rodenticide use by funding a project to develop a laser fence to protect crops against unwanted animals.
Brambles partners with The Global FoodBanking Network to tackle hunger and food waste
21 October, 2016 | Supplied by: CHEP AustraliaBrambles has signed a three-year agreement with an international non-profit organisation, The Global FoodBanking Network, to assist efforts to reduce hunger, poverty, malnutrition and food waste globally.
UPM Raflatac directs label waste to energy, not landfill
20 October, 2016 | Supplied by: UPM Raflatac Pty LtdAt this year's Labelexpo Americas event in Chicago, UPM Raflatac partnered with organisers to enable exhibiting label converters to give their label, matrix and liner waste a new life in the form of energy.
Inghams’ zero waste to landfill goal
20 October, 2016 | Supplied by: SUEZA complete waste management solution at two of Inghams’ plants has led to a significant cost saving of more than 30% per annum and an increased diversion rate of 95% at both plants.
Depackaging waste to recycle more
20 October, 2016 | Supplied by: SUEZAn innovative depackaging unit allows both food packaging and its contents to be recycled into valuable resources by separating the two components.
Global standard will facilitate management of food loss and waste
20 October, 2016Every year Australians scrape $10 billion off their plates into the garbage, according to the RaboDirect Food & Farming Financial Health Barometer report. How does this compare to the rest of the world? An interesting question that would once have been impossible to answer because until recently there was no globally agreed standard on how to measure food loss and waste (FLW).
Compostable coffee pods
17 October, 2016A Canadian grocery retailer will soon stock compostable single-serve coffee pods.
Free seminar on sustainable packaging at Foodtech Packtech
30 September, 2016 | Supplied by: Australian Institute of PackagingThe Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will host a free seminar on 'Understanding Sustainable Packaging Innovations & Trends' during Foodtech Packtech.
Go nude in October
22 September, 2016 | Supplied by: Smash EnterprisesOctober has been declared the month of 'nude food', with Australian schools encouraged to eliminate unnecessary packaging to better both their own health and the health of the planet.
Egypt promotes farmed fish as food security measure
12 September, 2016Some of Egypt's top chefs have come together to taste test new preparation methods and recipes for farmed Nile tilapia, as part of a project aimed at increasing the use of farmed fish to improve food and nutrition security in the region.
Powering homes with ice-cream waste
02 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Veolia Australia and New ZealandThe sugary sludge consisting of sugar, fat and protein that is left behind after production line cleansing at a UK ice-cream manufacturing plant is to be transformed into bio-methane. This will then go to the National Grid to heat UK homes, thanks to the nearby Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility.
How MEG is increasing its regranulate quotas
29 July, 2016 | Supplied by: Krones (Thailand) Co LtdGrinding PET into flakes is part of a German soft drink company's recycling agenda.
Uses for olive oil waste
18 July, 2016Olive industry waste products have been converted into biosurfactants and monoglycerides that have uses in the food, medicine, cosmetics and detergent industries.
