Bergmann Direct have been supplying the Eco-Smart Food Waste Dryer in the UK since 2011. Our team of engineers and trainers have vast experience of installations in a variety of settings in hospitals, hotels, shopping centres, prisons, universities and commercial food businesses.

Bergmann Direct have a scheme available to collect the dried food waste residue from the dryer in special containers containing 1000kg of dried food waste powder. In practical terms you need to have at least 15-20 tonnes of wet food waste per annum (about seven 120L wheelie bins of food waste a ...

The right machine, or machines for your organisation depend on the weight of raw waste generated and the operating hours of your kitchens.

How the Eco-Smart Food Waste dryer works is similar to a sophisticated tumble dryer, turning the food waste in hot air, extracting the 80% water content. Food waste is on average 80% water. The Eco-Smart Food Waste Dryer turns wet food waste into a sterile, dry residue, 20% or less of its former ...

Waste Disposal Units and Macerators

St James’s Market in the West End of London comprises over twenty outlets serving food to the public including restaurants, cafés and delicatessens. The facilities manager for the market, Principle Cleaning, collects all the waste which is separated into streams and goes for recycling. Food waste ...

Scotland was the first part of the UK to adopt ‘zero waste to landfill’ legislation in 2014 which included a ban on macerators and the discharge of food waste into the drain system. St John’s Hospital in Livingston was the first Scottish hospital to adopt the technology in 2016.They now have ...

In 2018, the UK prison service installed the Eco-Smart food waste dryer into Lincoln prison as part of a nationwide project to introduce more sustainable waste management processes across the prison estate. Lincoln prison installed the ES500 (maximum capacity 350kg per day). The ES500 is the ...

Bergmann Direct have supplied six Eco-Smart foodwaste dryers to the Ministry of Defence for use in military messes on the Falkland Islands. The first delivery of three units (two ES80s – 50kg per day capacity) and one ES150 (100kg per day capacity) were delivered in 2018. Bergmann Direct carried ...