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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146098503321

Autore

Zall Robert R

Titolo

Managing food industry waste [[electronic resource] ] : common sense methods for food processors / / Robert R. Zall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2004

ISBN

0-470-75253-X

1-282-37127-4

9786612371271

0-470-75252-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

363.728

664.00286

Soggetti

Food industry and trade - Waste disposal

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : waste control philosophy -- Who is watching the store? -- Why waste flows need to be inventoried -- In-plant monitoring -- How to carry out a management scheme -- Product loss and dollar equivalents -- Improving the system -- Management tools -- Converting costs into credits -- Economics of managing food-processing waste -- Training --  Unconventional techniques to deal with waste recovery or treatment schemes -- Layman's overview of treating waste, wastewater, and solid waste -- How to seek and gain help to solve waste problems -- Self-test.

Sommario/riassunto

In Managing Food Industry Waste: Common Sense Methods for Food Processors, waste management expert Robert Zall shares his philosophy and techniques for monitoring and accounting for food processing wastage. The text shows food processing managers how much of the waste now being generated can become a managed resource for producing economic credits. Drawing on his forty years of experience in managing waste, Zall explains how to identify the actual losses sent to drains and sewage treatment plants, how to pinpoint which unit processes generate these losses, and how to uncover hidden



loss