Frito-Lay has cut costs by installing energy-efficient screw blower technology at its wastewater treatment plant in Turkey and re-using potato chip waste for crop fertilizer.
Food processor Orval Kent Food Company has agreed to pay US$390,000 (€282,000) over allegations that industrial wastewater from one of its US plants overloaded a municipal treatment system, polluting a large stretch of a nearby river.
Ecolab, a global supplier of hygiene and safety systems, hopes to
step up its focus on sustainable water and energy supply for the
beverage and food industries with its latest acquisition.