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Ecolab touts lower water and energy use
By DEE DePASS for Star Tribune
August 2, 2012
Newly combined technologies at Ecolab and Nalco created big water savings for hotel, food and energy customers worldwide, according to the 2011 Ecolab sustainability report released Thursday.
Nine months into the merger of the sanitizing and industrial water tech giants, the new $11 billion Ecolab has bragging rights.
According to the report, water cooling technology saved customers 351 billion liters of water last year.
Dry conveyor lubricants alone saved 9.4 billion liters of water in beverage, brewing, dairy and processing plants, including 1.8 million liters saved inside PepsiCo bottling plants. Lubricants, pretreatment, cooling and other systems reduced PepsiCo's water use by a total 662 million liters last year.
Ecolab's special laundry wash systems cut customer water use by 40 percent, while high-tech dishwashing machines reduced water consumption by restaurants and Marriott Hotels by 50 percent. Nalco's paper making mixing technology saved 8 billion liters of water.
