The bottom line benefits of product recovery in dairy processing plants
Eccentric disc pumps feature product-recovery capabilities that significantly reduce waste from food and beverage manufacturing while increasing return on investment.
By Wallace Wittkoff, Pump Solutions Group
Product waste is one of the areas in hygienic manufacturing where extremely high costs are being incurred. The McKinsey Quarterly Food Waste Alliance has reported that more than $120 billion of product goes to waste worldwide annually. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) also estimates that the United States is losing 40% of its food from farm to fork to landfills. Between farm and fork are the processing plants that manufacture some of these products, which is the area of focus for this white paper.