Managing food industry waste : common sense methods for food processors / Robert R. Zall.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zall, Robert R.
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Food industry and trade > Waste disposal.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xv, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.