Food Manufacturing Pollution Prevention Training Series – Part 1
Date: October 24, 2024
Time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Location: Webinar

Part 1: Building a Regional Coalition for Reducing Waste in the Food Manufacturing Industry

Join us for a free webinar focused on Pollution Prevention (P2) tools and best practices for the food and beverage manufacturing industry. Gain insights into reducing operational costs, enhancing sustainability, and joining a regional effort to upcycle food waste and conserve energy.

Key topics include:

  • Best practices for waste auditing
  • Strategies for reducing food and water waste
  • Energy conservation tips
  • Upcycling opportunities for food waste
  • Regulations for donating unused food to food banks and composting centers

Food manufacturing participants will receive no-cost, customized follow-up pollution prevention technical assistance from PennTAP, including energy and food waste audits and access to Penn State student capstone project partnerships.

Speakers:

Rich Joyce, Southeast PA Technical Advisor, PennTAP
Bethany Ayers Fisher: Sustainability Manager, City of Reading Public Works
Matt Allessandroni, Plant Operations Manager, Unique Snacks
Deborah Mest, Director of Operations, Helping Harvest Food Bank
Jason Schmitz, President, Amplisource
Aubrey Fornwalt, President/CEO, Full Circle Bioconversion LLC
Representatives from Penn State BerksΒ 

 

Register today to learn how to reduce food and energy waste and join a regional effort to promote sustainability in food manufacturing.

**Register separately for Part 2 of this series –Β  TOUR of Unique Snacks to see these practices in action.

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This event is funded by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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