Managing Food Industry Waste: Common Sense Methods for Food Processors

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 losses previously dismissed as “materials unaccounted for.” An extra feature of the book is a Self-Test covering waste treatment technology, ideal for students or new employees studying waste management. Also included is a Glossary of terms used in water and waste management. Managing Food Industry Waste is a highly readable management tool filled with invaluable waste management concepts and practical methods to implement them.Content: Chapter 1 Who is Watching the Store? (pages 1–6): Chapter 2 Why Waste Flows Need to be Inventoried (pages 7–16): Chapter 3 In?Plant Monitoring (pages 17–24): Chapter 4 How to Carry Out a Management Scheme (pages 25–32): Chapter 5 Product Loss and Dollar Equivalents (pages 33–40): Chapter 6 Improving the System (pages 41–50): Chapter 7 Management Tools (pages 51–74): Chapter 8 Converting Costs into Credits (pages 75–84): Chapter 9 Economics of Managing Food?Processing Waste (pages 85–94): Chapter 10 Training (pages 95–104): Chapter 11 Unconventional Techniques to Deal with Waste Recovery or Treatment Schemes (pages 105–126): Chapter 12 Layman's Overview of Treating Waste, Wastewater, and Solid Waste (pages 127–146): Chapter 13 How to Seek and Gain Help to Solve Waste Problems (pages 147–158): Chapter 14 Self?Test (pages 159–164):