Packaged food waste - The problem explained
Food waste is an expensive commodity, and the pressure to recycle more sits firmly with the business creating or managing it. Packaged food waste is often so problematic that businesses simply consign it to landfill. The solution is to buy and operate the latest in depackaging systems which separate the packaging from the food with no need for staff to segregate it. So packaged food producers and retailers can benefit from everything the new systems offer; cost savings and even possible revenue opportunities. By employing depackaging as part of an integrated food waste management solutions , these depackaging systems can separate food waste from packaging automatically, cleanly and cost effectively. Contaminant has always been a word often spoken at food waste composting and anaerobic digestion facilities. This has reflected processors’ frustrations at having to clean up the incoming organics stream to minimize equipment downtime, and preserve product quality and price points. Food products come packaged in an almost infinite variety of materials, shapes, weights, and densities. Almost all packaging is a contaminant, including (in some views) the astm-compliant compostable plastics that are beginning to capture market share. Packaging varies from the expanded polystyrene foam used to make the small sandwich tray to large multi-product wrappings.
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Packaged food waste - no problem
Food waste is an expensive commodity, and the pressure to recycle more sits firmly with the business creating or managing it. Packaged food waste is often so problematic that businesses simply consign it to landfill. The solution is a depackaging system which separates the packaging from the food with no need for staff to segregate it. So packaged food producers and retailers can benefit from everything the id-r systems offer; cost savings and even possible revenue opportunities. By employing depackaging as part of an integrated food waste management solution, a new depackaging system, can separate food waste from packaging at low cost while making a product which can be sold. Contaminantion is the often experienced and biggest problem at food waste composting and anaerobic digestion facilities, reflecting processors’ frustrations at having to clean up the incoming organics stream and minimize equipment downtime. This has to be done to preserve product quality and price points. Food products come packaged in an almost infinite variety of shapes, materials, weights, and densities. Almost all packaging is a contaminant, including (in some opinions) the astm-compliant compostable plastics that are beginning to capture market share. Packaging varies from the expanded polystyrene foam used to make the small
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