Sewage Treatment

Nestlé submitted plans to build a new plant at its Derbyshire coffee factory

Nestlé plans new plant to cut pollution and waste

By Helen Gilbert

Nestlé has submitted plans to build a new plant at its coffee factory in Derbyshire, in a bid to cut the pollution and volume of liquid waste discharged into the Severn Trent Water Treatment Works.

Digester Left to right: James Thompson – head of operations at Stokesley-based anaerobic digestion plant developer JFS Associates Ryad Apasa – head of operations at R&R Ice Cream’s Leeming Bar site.

R&R Ice Cream plant in top five after £25M spend

By Michael Stones

R&R Ice Cream’s £25M investment at its Leeming Bar factory in North Yorkshire has boosted output by 20% and made the firm the globe’s third largest ice cream manufacturer.

Clothier: 'We are going to look at where we can go with green transport'

Wyke Farms invests £800k in packaging systems

By Rod Addy

Wyke Farms has invested £800,000 in shelf-ready packaging technology as part of its ‘100% Green’ initiative, and plans further eco-friendly projects, according to ceo Richard Clothier.

Increased food production will put water resources under increasing pressure

Dark skies ahead

By Laurence Gibbons

Experts are advising governments and industry to take action against an impending water crisis, reports Laurence Gibbons