Recycling process may have gone horribly wrong
Recycling packaged food which is no longer fit for sale, and turning it into products for the pet food, animal feed, technical and biofuel industries is a long-established practice.
Such material, which was originally fit for human consumption, but is becoming short-dated or out of date, may include meat and dairy products, food factory waste, food waste from supermarkets and other retail outlets, and food waste from wholesalers and distributors. It may also include products that fail quality standards, and damaged or recalled products. Recyclers must be EU and national rules compliant.
Their activity has been boosted by rising costs for disposal to landfill as recycling companies offer a more cost effective and environmentally compliant alternative. Such companies guarantee complete product and brand destruction — and recycling of suitable packaging — thus helping food wholesalers and retailers to deal with one of their greatest fears, that short-dated or unsuitable material might re-enter the market. Unfortunately, this process may have gone disastrously wrong.
