Cleaner production assessment in meat processing / prepared by COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS, Denmark, for UNEP, United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, and Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners.

United Nations Environment Programme. Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics.

Denmark. Miljøstyrelsen.

Series:

Industrial sector guides on cleaner production assessment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--Environmental aspects.

Slaughtering and slaughter-houses.

Physical Description:

viii, 83 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Paris : UNEP, 2000.

Summary:

This guide is one in a series intended to raise awareness of the environmental impacts associated with industrial and manufacturing processes, and to highlight the approaches that industry and government can take to avoid or minimize these impacts by adopting a cleaner production approach. The five chapters describe opportunities for improving resource efficiency and preventing the release of contaminants to air, water and land. Topics include a brief introduction, an overview of meat processing, and cleaner production opportunities, case study, and assessment. Lacks an index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

1 Cleaner Production 1

1.1 What is Cleaner Production? 1

1.2 Why invest in Cleaner Production? 3

1.3 Cleaner Production can be practised now 3

1.4 Cleaner Production and sustainable development 4

1.5 Cleaner Production and quality and safety 4

1.6 Cleaner Production and environmental management system 5

2 Overview of Meat Processing 7

2.1 Process overview 9

2.2 Environmental impacts 14

2.3 Environmental indicators 17

2.4 Benchmarks 23

3 Cleaner Production Opportunities 25

3.2 Livestock reception 29

3.3 Stunning and bleeding 31

3.4 Hide treatment of pigs 34

3.5 Hide removal and dressing of cattle 37

3.6 Evisceration and splitting 38

3.7 Casings processing 40

3.8 Paunch washing (cattle) 41

3.9 Rendering 43

3.10 Cleaning 46

3.11 Ancillary operations 49

4 Cleaner Production Case Study 55

4.1 Phase I: Planning and organisation 55

4.2 Phase II: Pre-assessment 55

4.3 Phase III: Assessment 56

4.4 Phase IV: Evaluation and feasibility study 56

4.5 Phase V: Implementation and continuation 57

5 Cleaner Production Assessment 59

5.1 Planning and organisation 61

5.2 Pre-assessment 62

5.3 Assessment 64

5.4 Evaluation and feasibility study 67

5.5 Implementation and continuation 70

Annex 4 About Unep Dtie 83.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76).

ISBN:

9280718444

OCLC:

45317708