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Secondary Products
In its tireless efforts to maximize efficiency and profit, Calpak developed ways to make use of the by-products from canning. Plant #153 was the pit-cracking plant, where discarded pits from stone fruits were broken down to be used as charcoal and fertilizer. Plant #54 was the by-products plant. Surplus juice from the canned fruits was recycled into canned fruit juice or nectar. Waste and by-products were also made into cosmetics, soap, oil, and other products. Even the boxes that brought the fruit to the plant were recycled into other materials and uses.