Harris Tobias offers an innovative and alternative solutions option to food manufacturers.
We are able to handle a variety of waste streams from retail packaged product through to
surplus raw materials / ingredients. We are also able to offer solutions for effluent sludges and
bulk liquid wastes.
We work within the Waste Hierarchy framework and therefore look to maximise the ‘re-use’
potential once a product has been classified as ‘waste’ by the producer.
An example of this is out of date margarine which can be reused to produce animal feed.
We can offer a wide variety of services to the food manufacturer in order to produce a
bespoke package that works around there own operating system and environmental & CSR
objectives.
We focus on providing a zero to landfill solutions which means that we look to find the best fit
solution for the product. We use a variety of disposal methods if the product cannot be reprocessed
to produce a reuse opportunity. Some of the disposal methods that we use are as
follows:
• Anaerobic Digestion
• Composting
• Land injection
• Rendering
• Energy from Waste
In the case of ‘retail packaged’ product we ensure that that all materials pass through a
process of secure destruction which ensure that the product cannot be returned to the market.
This therefore means that the brand identity is preserved. In such cases a ‘Certificate of
Destruction’ would be issued.
A few examples of the material that we have recycled to date are shown below:
From the list you can see that there is also no restriction on packaging as this may range from
Tetra Paks to Glass Jars, Plastic bottles to Cellophane wrap.
A couple of examples of the full process for waste streams are shown below:
