Food

Our food has both direct and indirect impacts on the environment when it is produced and transported. The environment is affected by retail operations and by waste generated in the consumer chain. A great deal is happening in the environmental area in the food industry. Production, packaging and transportation all have significant environmental impacts.

More renewable packaging for Swedish foodstuff

Sep 25, 2018

Packaging is responsible for 40 percent of the global plastic production. The food industry is now rapidly replacing fossil-based plastics with renewable and recycled solutions, and Carlsberg, Löfbergs and Arla are among the pioneers.

Grocery stores turn their food waste into resources

May 1, 2018

Food loss is a big problem. SUEZ Recycling's BioSimplex system makes it easy for grocery stores to manage their food waste – and foodstuff that has to be discarded is turned into biogas instead.

Eel farming for consumption and restocking

Mar 6, 2018

Scandinavian Silver Eel runs an eel farm at an industrial facility in Helsingborg, Sweden. Some of the eel is used for consumption - but 70 percent is restocked in the wild to help nature.

Nutrient recycling turns a problem into profit

Dec 12, 2017

The input of nutrients is essential for food production - but nutrient leaching from soils causes pollution and euthropication. EkoBalans completes the cycles by removing harmful substances from waste and residual streams and refining the nutrients into fertilizer.

Beer with smaller climate impact

Jul 25, 2017

Our drinking habits and the beer market have changed a lot in recent years. Ten years ago, there were about 20 breweries operating in Sweden. Today, the number is closer to 190. In the 1970s, Systembolaget (the government owned chain of liquor stores with monopoly on alcohol sales in Sweden) offered 50 different kinds of beer. Now, thousands of beers are available. In the 1970s, few except the environmental authorities made any connection between beer production and the environment, or linked business opportunities to environmental advantage.

Simris alg is a bubbling company

Jul 11, 2017

During the summer of 2017 articles from our growing archive will be republished. This one was first published in January 2013. Fredrika Gullfot and her colleagues grow algae. Two thousand square meters of abandoned greenhouses in Hammenhög in southern Sweden have been transformed from cultivating flowers and other plants to the production of single-celled algae. “We grow algae in...

Efficient floating filter for storm water purification

Apr 25, 2017

Swedrop's unique storm water filters manage pollution as close to the source as possible. The filters float in the storm water drain, purifying both incoming and already present water from more than 30 pollutants.

Paper-based packaging solutions reduce environmental impact

Mar 7, 2017

BillerudKorsnäs, a leader in sustainability according to DJSI, creates biobased packaging solutions that are climate efficient compared to the materials they replace. A recently launched sealed, stable paper bag is the first of its kind in the world - and the company is currently developing a revolutionary paper bottle for carbonated beverages.

Aiming for organic closed-cycle farming

Feb 7, 2017

At Wapnö, Sweden's largest dairy farm, sustainability and circularity are key. The farm uses modern technology to move towards organic closed-cycle agriculture, and the products are refined locally.

Oat drinks contribute to sustainable development

Jan 31, 2017

Oatly uses Swedish oats to manufacture plant-based alternatives to dairy products. In 2016, the company received the highest rating in the sustainability study Hållbarhetsbarometern.

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