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Measures, Technologies and Good Practices
Do you want to know how much different measures and technological solutions would cost and how much money and resources they can save for your business? This database offers such data in a concise and comprehensive format.
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Good practice
Water savings in a meat processing plant
Pressure goes down, savings go up
Meat processor identifies excess water consumption during cleaning
Calculations reveal where savings could be made but the end result maintained
An audit of water...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 100% 0 - 1 Year(s)
Good practice
Ice pigging in dairies
What's in a name?
Dairies explored benefits of employing ice pigging in their production cycles
Results showed substantial cost and environmental savings
Yeo Valley Farms and BV Dairy in the UK...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Materials
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 2.2 Year(s)
Technology
Solution dye for polyester
Experts estimate that up to 11 % of the 'cradle-to-factory gate' carbon footprint of a 100 % polyester ladies top, for example, is due to the yarn dyeing stage. Coloured polyester fibres may be more...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
0 Year(s)
Technology
Lobster Pod for shellfish transportation
The Lobster Pod is an innovative, patent pending live shellfish storage and transportation system. It has been scientifically proven to increase survival to over 99 % from an industry average of 85...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
- Hotel and restaurant
- Wholesale and retail
Resources:
- Materials
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost 20-80%
Good practice
Cascade system for powder coating pretreatment
Getting the full (pre)treatment
Material efficiency report reveals where water and chemical savings can be made
Measures introduced lead to a 90 % reduction in annual water use and 72 % chemical...
Sector / Industry:
- Manufacturing of machinery and equipment
- Metal and plastic processing
Resources:
- Materials
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 0.5 - 0.7 Year(s)
Measure
Ice pigging for flushing pipes
Ice pigging is an efficient method to remove sediment from pipelines, for example in food-manufacturing plants. As the semi-solid ice slurry is pumped through the system, it scrapes the pipes and...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 1.6 - 2.2 Year(s)
Measure
Optimisation of cleaning-in-place systems
Since the 1950s, clean-in-place (CIP) systems have been reliably used to clean inside surfaces of tanks and pipelines in liquid process equipment to avoid costly downtime associated with lengthy...
Sector / Industry:
- Chemical and process engineering
- Food processing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 1-5 % 1 - 3 Year(s)