Cleaner production assessment in fish 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

Author/Creator:

COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners.

Contributor:

Jespersen, Claus.

Christiansen, Kim.

Hummelmose, Bent.

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

Denmark. Miljøstyrelsen.

Series:

Industrial sector guides on cleaner production assessment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishery processing industries--Environmental aspects.

Fishery processing industries.

Physical Description:

viii, 99 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 the fish processing industry, and cleaner production opportunities, a 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 systems 5

2 Overview of Fish Processing 7

2.1 Process overview 8

2.2 Environmental impacts 13

2.3 Environmental indicators 14

3 Cleaner Production Opportunities 21

3.2 Filleting 25

3.3 Canning 38

3.4 Fish meal and fish oil production 47

3.5 Cleaning 57

3.6 Ancillary operations 60

4 Cleaner Production Case Study 67

4.1 Phase I: Planning and organisation 67

4.2 Phase II: Pre-assessment 67

4.3 Phase III: Assessment 69

4.4 Phase IV: Evaluation and feasibility study 69

4.5 Phase V: Implementation and Continuation 72

4.6 Contacts 73

5 Cleaner Production Assessment 75

5.1 Planning and organisation 77

5.2 Pre-assessment 78

5.3 Assessment 80

5.4 Evaluation and feasibility study 83

5.5 Implementation and continuation 86

Annex 4 About Unep Dtie 99.

Notes:

"Authors: Claus Jespersen ... Kim Christiansen ... Bent Hummelmose"--P. iii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-92).

ISBN:

9280718436

OCLC:

45312169