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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
Source: Food & Drink Sector: Minimising Water Use. UK Envirowise Program. http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/envirowise/envirowise.nsf/Dockey/MBEN4PBHS8?OpenDocument Links Technical Guides to Cleaner Production Beverage Industry – Doing What It Takes to Be Waste-Wise reports on accomplishments of beverage companies in solid waste reduction.http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/wstewise/id-bev.htm Improving Technology in Soft Drink Manufacturing http://www.emcentre.com/unepweb/tec_case/food_15/process/p3.htm Recovery and Reuse of Filter Backwash Water at Coca Cola http://www.environment.gov.au/epg/environet/eecp/case_studies/cca.html Schweppes Cottee's Waste Minimization http://www.environment.gov.au/epg/environet/eecp/case_studies/cs_schw1.html Water Use in the Soft Drinks Industry is a general report with reduction suggestions. Recovery of Citrus Oil From Orange Peels http://www.environment.gov.au/epg/environet/eecp/case_studies/oj.htm Reducing waste in the desiccated coconut industry http://www.emcentre.com/unepweb/tec_case/food_15/recovery/r2.htm Recovering waste materials in pineapple processing http://www.emcentre.com/unepweb/tec_case/food_15/house/h1.htm
Major Sites Devoted to the Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry and the Environment The Canadian Soft Drink Association makes available a number of publications about reduction of packaging in soft drinks. http://www.softdrink.ca/csdapkge.htm The National Soft Drink Association also has a page with lots of information on recycling and packaging. http://www.nsda.org/Recycling/index.html
Beverage Industry Associations British Soft Drink Association http://www.britishsoftdrinks.com/htm/index1.htm Canadian Soft Drink Association National Soft Drink Association Union of EU Soft Drinks Associations - Confederation of International Soft Drinks Associations International Beverage Dispensing Equipment Association http://www.ibdea.org/default.htm International Society of Beverage Technologists National Juice Products Association Can Manufacturers Institute Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) http://www.gpi.org/ Trade Magazines and Industry Websites Beverage Digest Beverage Industry Beverage World Beverage Online http://www2.beverageonline.com/ BevNET Just Drinks |
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