At Rowan Food and Biomass Engineering, we’ve long worked with Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants, using our Dominator Depackaging machine to effectively and efficiently separate food waste from non-organic material, ahead on onward processing. By removing outer...
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Materials separation: shredder, trommel or depackager?
In the world of waste management and recycling, trommel machines, depackaging (or separation) machines and shredders all play key roles. But although there is some overlap in their uses, they also have distinct differences in their applications, benefits and how they...
The impact of reduced water consumption in depackaging and anaerobic digestion
With the increasing importance of finding green waste solutions, the Dominator Depackaging Machine not only separates and removes outer packaging but also reuses the waste that cannot be accepted into the onward manufacturing process. One such use is to feed...
Reducing the contamination of food waste. Whose job is it anyway?
Last month we shared our concerns that the problem of contamination within kerbside food waste was noticeably quiet amongst an otherwise noisy topic of food waste reforms. As part of the Government’s Simpler Recycling plans, councils are being asked to introduce...
Is waste separation and depackaging the forgotten element of the food waste reforms?
Last month, Recycling Minister Robbie Moore announced that councils will be supported with up to £295 million in funding, to introduce weekly residential food waste collections where they are not already in place and as part of the government’s wider Simpler Recycling...
Waste food or surplus food? It’s not just semantics.
Everyday we talk about food waste and surplus food with our clients. Our Dominator Depackaging machine enables such food to be removed from its packaging milled down to a consistent size to pass through a selected mesh size (typically between 12mm and 40mm) and...
Depackaging purity
Let's talk about purity! We think it's a pretty big deal so we pride ourselves on achieving high purity rates. Take a look at our little video to find out more and please get in touch if you would like to trial what we can achieve on your materials.
Ken joins Dominator Depackaging
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Ken Spreadbury to Rowan Food and Biomass as a Project Engineer, responsible for managing the design, manufacture and delivery of individual machines, projects and spares. Ken brings a wealth of experience, having served a...
Website launch
🚀 Launching into the week... 🚀 Our newly refreshed Dominator website is live, with a big thank you to our friends at Happy by Design. Take a look at our makeover and let us know what you think. And keep an eye out...we have more to come!