Factory food waste is a serious and growing issue for manufacturers and one where choices about production equipment (including metal detection and other quality control) can have a surprisingly significant impact on outcomes.
North Americans waste an unfathomable amount of food. A study by the Environmental Protection Agency on the topic estimates that more food reaches landfills and incinerators than any other single material in everyday trash, about 21 percent of the waste stream. Although the estimates are widely different, some citing 60 million tons (or US $160 billion) worth of produce wasted annually, it’s clearly a controversial issue. Moreover, EPA’s food waste estimates do not include pre-consumer food generated during the manufacturing and packaging of food products[1], only food from consumer, institutional (i.e. hospitals, stadiums, and schools) and retail sources that ends up in the landfill.
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