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EU legislation of May 2003 stipulates that food waste containing Animal By-product is banned from landfill and also from being recycled as swill. Supermarkets, food-processing industries, retail and catering outlets must now dispose of meat and products containing ingredients of animal origin via alternative channels such as rendering, incineration, biogas and composting. In order to comply with the Directive, many food manufacturers are having to source new waste processing equipment - traditional compaction and crushing equipment cannot always handle the problem effectively, particularly where the product is predominantly wet. The primary issue is the physical extraction of the product from its packaging so that it can be treated; the secondary consideration is recycling of packaging. ET2 Ltd, designer and manufacturer of the revolution TM range of Industrial Waste Processing and Recycling Equipment, have been developing equipment specifically for this task. ButcherContacts conducts an advertising editorial for this company who pride themselves with working in partnership with many major food processors.
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Extracted by-product being drained directly into a lorry tanker which will take it for treatment at rendering farm/anaerobic digestion. |
ET2 Ltd, designer and manufacturer of the revolution TM range of industrial waste processing and recycling equipment (www.et2revolution.com), has been developing equipment for the extraction of Animal By-product from packaging over the past six months. The result is a modified processor that enables manufacturers not only to extract and treat product in accordance with new regulations, but also facilitates economic packaging recycling operations.
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The revolution TM By-product application effectively separates over 95% of meat and related products from packaging such as cans, tins, pouches, sachets and cartons. Product is loaded into the machine’s enclosed hopper where it is subjected to such high compression forces that less than 5% of the original content remains in the packaging.
Whole pallet-loads, complete with packaging, can be processed at a rate of up to 12 pallets per hour for product in soft packaging and 6 pallets per hour for tins/cans. The extracted product is drained from the hopper base as homogeneous slurry and collected in tanks for subsequent treatment. Compacted packaging is ejected from the machine as a dense plug that is optimised for the recycler or can be sent immediately to dry landfill. With unbeaten compaction ratios (up to 60:1) volumes sent to landfill are dramatically decreased. |
Pet Food application: drained product and compacted cans'
Compacted cans as they are extruded by revolution
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'Cans of
pet food soup being processed in the revolution trough' |
Applications from ET2 are also available for de-watering raw products such as carcasses. The high compaction ratios achieved on such material achieves a typical weight reduction of 40% with the de-watered waste format ideal for Waste-to-Energy applications and thermal destruction. revolution TM has the unique ability to process and feed this waste (and other types) directly into Waste-to-Energy plant in a consistent and programmable flow. Several operators in the sector have already confirmed that it provides an ideal ‘front-end’ delivery mechanism. |
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An application also exists specifically for processing feathers: revolution TM reduces water content by a further 35% than rotary screen processors. Disposal cost savings are a straight 35% by weight and a typical compaction ratio of 10:1 reduces waste transportation costs significantly – trials have produced 11 ˝ tonne payloads into standard 35 cubic yard containers.
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ET2's website can be found at www.et2revolution.com. The company is currently offering free waste audits via an online service. ET2 contact details, |
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Telephone: (01332)-297000 e-mail:- susie.hamilton@et2revolution.com Susie Hamilton Marketing Manager ET2 Limited Pentagon House, Alfreton Road, Derby DE21 4AA
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