Modeling the economics of landfilling organic processing waste streams

Kurt A. Rosentrater

doi:10.1117/12.630580

7 November 2005 Modeling the economics of landfilling organic processing waste streams

Kurt A. Rosentrater

Proceedings Volume 5997, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing V; 59970F (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.630580
Event: Optics East 2005, 2005, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

As manufacturing industries become more cognizant of the ecological effects that their firms have on the surrounding environment, their waste streams are increasingly becoming viewed not only as materials in need of disposal, but also as resources that can be reused, recycled, or reprocessed into valuable products. Within the food processing sector are many examples of various liquid, sludge, and solid biological and organic waste streams that require remediation. Alternative disposal methods for food and other bio-organic manufacturing waste streams are increasingly being investigated. Direct shipping, blending, extrusion, pelleting, and drying are commonly used to produce finished human food, animal feed, industrial products, and components ready for further manufacture. Landfilling, the traditional approach to waste remediation, however, should not be dismissed entirely. It does provide a baseline to which all other recycling and reprocessing options should be compared. This paper discusses the implementation of a computer model designed to examine the economics of landfilling bio-organic processing waste streams. Not only are these results applicable to food processing operations, but any industrial or manufacturing firm would benefit from examining the trends discussed here.

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Kurt A. Rosentrater "Modeling the economics of landfilling organic processing waste streams", Proc. SPIE 5997, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing V, 59970F (7 November 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.630580

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