MANUFACTURE OF FOOD PRODUCTS AND BEVERAGES # 37

Background:

Del Monte Philippines, Inc., is one of the largest producers of processed pineapples in the Philippines. The company currently produces an average of 1459 tons of canned pineapple per day. Del Monte has more than 3800 employees. A Pollution Management Appraisal (PMA) was conducted for Del Monte Philippines Inc., to minimize wastes, conserve resources, reduce environmental risks and improve process efficiency.

Cleaner Production Principles:

Housekeeping

Cleaner Production Application:

One of the waste minimization options implemented by the facility was the installation of collection pans or dripping pans in the fruit preparation and trimming tables. These pans were installed in the fruit preparation and trimming tables to collect fruit drops and juice drips. The pans are located underneath the tables to catch the fugitive juice drops and drips from the handling of decored fruit. At the time of the PMA, these pans were installed in only two pilot tables. However, because of the success of the pans, they have now been installed in all the fruit preparation and trimming tables. In addition, Del Monte introduced improved monitoring and supervision which recovered more than 60 kg an hour of lost pineapples.

Environmental and Economic Benefits:

The environmental and economic benefits of implementing the housekeeping option are:

The investment involved and the resultant economic benefits are as follows:

Constraints:

None reported.

Contacts:

Mr Godofredo Arinzol, Group Manager, Corporate Engineering

Del Monte Philippines, Inc., Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City,

The Philippines

Tel: +63 8822 732 266/267/268; Fax: +63 2 812 9579

 

Mr David L. Wadsworth

Industrial Environmental Management Project

9th floor, JMT Corporate Condominium

ADB Avenue, Orgitas Complex, Pasig, Metro Manila

The Philippines

Tel: +63 2 634 1617 to 21; Fax: +63 2 634 1622

 

Dr Ronald s. Senykoff

Chief, Natural Resources Division, USAID

Ramon Magsaysay Center, 1680 Roxas Boulevard

Ermita, Manila, The Philippines

Tel: +63 2 521 5226; Fax: +63 2 522 2512

Review Status:

This case study was originally published in the UNEP IE document "Cleaner Production in the ASIA and Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) Region. In the process of preparing the document the case study underwent a technical review. Subsequently a second technical review was done by Dr. Prasad Modak, Environmental Management Centre, Mumbai, India in September 1998.