Beverage Industry

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The Non-Alcholic Beverages Industry:
Improvement of Resource Efficiency and Environmental Performance
Non-alcoholic beverages include milk, juices of fruits and vegetables, and carbonated and uncarbonated soft drinks. Milk and the dairy industry are covered separately under Food Processing. The primary environmental aspects of these industries involve water use and wastewater discharge from products and washing, chemical use in cleaning, and management of scrap and solid waste.
The most significant environmental impacts in this industry are from water pollution and packaging disposal. There are many technical reports on treatment of wastewater from beverage production. There are relatively few reports on cleaner production available. Primary solutions include process measurement and control, water recycling, chemical substitution and reduction, energy efficiency, and new product development using waste materials. The industry associations and leading companies provide extensive information on their packaging including use of environmentally improved designs, recycling systems and technologies. The Food Processing document has many general resources for the food and beverage industry that should be consulted for solutions for the beverage industry.
The table below lists solutions to reduce waste and pollution in non-alcoholic beverage production. Company environmental programs should demonstrate that these options have been considered thoroughly. Direct links to online guides to pollution prevention follow the table.
Solutions to Increase Efficiency and Reduce Waste in Beverage Production Companies
raw materials cleaning: consider alternatives to batchwise bath immersion such as:
- water recycling/reuse
- spray washing
- countercurrent washing
cleaning of equipment consider:
- non-stick surfaces to reduce contamination
- dry cleaning before water washing
- automatic detection of product/water interfaces
- effective s...