Several Facilities Supply Waste CO₂ for Beverage Production

Summary

CO₂ generated by several facilities is now being collected, processes, purified and sold as a product to beverage manufacturers such as Coca-Cola bottling.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
industrial gases	industrial gases
food processing	Coca-Cola bottling company

Region

Tampico, Mexico

Applied Technologies

None.

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	not known
Environment	reduced CO2 release into atmosphere
Social	not known

Additional Comments

None.

References

• Young, R (1999) "By-Product Synergy: A Demonstration Project - Tampico, Mexico", Applied Sustainability LLC, Texas, USA, Retrieved from: http://www.hatch.ca/Sustainable_Development/Articles/Tampico%20_BPS.pdf

Last Update

20 July 2010