Dairy processors are reducing their use of water, energy, transportation and packaging. Here are 10 examples from the United States and abroad.
Dairy processors use a lot of water. Fresh water and wastewater can be a huge expense and a significant component of the utilities budget. The H2Oversight Service from U.S. Energy Services, Plymouth, Minn., offers rate tariff optimization, metering equipment confirmation, facility change monitoring, bypass opportunities and identification of operational savings. Dairies benefit from reduced administrative costs, opportunities for efficiencies and savings, and resolution of past billing and metering inefficiencies, said Gail McMinn, an executive vice president at the company.