This guidance on environmental regulations is for businesses in the food and drink industry, including those that manufacture:
- beverages and alcoholic drinks
- bakery and confectionary products
- dairy products
- flour
- ready meals and cook-chill products
- processed meats and meat products
- primary foods, eg pasta
- pet food
- secondary foods, baked, frozen, dehydrated, canned and bottled foods.
Environmental impacts of food and drink processing
The food industry can have a number of impacts on the environment, for example:
- air emissions from grinding grain, bulk transfers of product and silo vents
- land contamination from accidental spills of oils and the past use of the site noise pollution from food manufacturing equipment, grinding machinery and packaging lines
- resource use, such as water use, energy use, and food packaging production
- waste disposal of out-of-date products, peelings, animal by-products, food packaging, food manufacturing equipment and effluent plant sludge
- water discharges from effluent plants, accidental spills and cooling towers.
How can NetRegs help you?
Our guidance could help you to:
- avoid prosecution and receive fewer visits from environmental regulators
- increase efficiency and productivity
- reduce your operating costs
- be more likely to obtain business from government bodies and large businesses that require their business partners to manage their environmental impacts effectively
- improve your reputation amongst staff, customers and the public
- increase the chance of securing funding to expand your business by demonstrating that your environmental impacts are well managed.
