Certificate IV in Food Technology

Waste Management AAA807

Lesson List

 References:

Handbook of Waste Management and Co-product Recovery in Food Processing (Volume 1)

Edited by K Waldron, Woodhead  March 2007  

Energy Conservation in the Food Processing Industry in “Physical Properties of Foods and Food Processing Systems”

By Michael John Lewis

Lesson One

Discussion of type of material in waste water

Lesson Two Pollution

Water from Thin Air

Maxwell WHISSON’s Air Well

Liquid desiccant technology

Lesson 2A Waste Assessment

Lesson Three Energy / CO2 reduction

Lesson 3A Water Conservation in SMEs through GP

Green Methodology

Lesson 3B Environmental management and ISO 14001

Lesson 4B Biogas Fermentation from Food Industry Waste

Lesson 4C CELLULOSIC ETHANOL & SUSTAINABILITY: THERE IS NO “FOOD VS. FUEL” CONFLICT

Lesson Four

Outline current methods of treatment of wastewater

Melbourne’s Waste water treatment

Lesson Five

Outline the Soil filtration treatment of wastewater

Lesson Six

Outline Grass filtration and Lagooning processes for waste treatment

Lesson Seven

Outline the activated sludge digestion process

Lesson Eight

Discuss wastewater generation in food processing plants and the need for pretreatment and effluent control.

Lesson Nine

Discussion of type of material in solid waste and Outline methods of disposing solid waste

Land Fill

Lesson Ten

Discuss solid waste generation in food processing and identify control strategies and identify possible bi-products for utilization

Lesson Eleven

Identify sources of raw water available to food processing plants and examine methods of municipal raw water treatment

Lesson Twelve

Identify regulations relating to waste and waste disposal

Practice Test

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