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CSIR-NEERI holds meet to strengthen slaughterhouse-dairy partnership
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Saturday, 01 September, 2018, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) organised a business meet in the NEERI Auditorium recently to strengthen the partnership with slaughterhouses and dairy industries for environmental protection.
While Ashish M Paturkar, vice-chancellor, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU), Nagpur, was the chief guest, R K Rathod, senior manager, Mother Dairy, Nagpur, and Rakesh Kumar, director, CSIR-NEERI, were the guests of honour.
Paturkar inaugurated the meet, at which N N Rao, chief scientist, CSIR-NEERI, and Girish Pophali, the institute’s principal scientist, were also present.
While addressing the participants, Paturkar said that there was a need to assess the status of the country in terms of water consumption and waste management at slaughterhouses and dairy industries.
“These industries should treat the wastewater before discharging into the environment,” he added, stating that though the environmental norms were enough, the change in mindset is essential to protect the environment from these industries.
Paturkar urged the scientists to work on reduction of water consumption and effective treatment processes in slaughterhouses and dairy industries.
He pointed out that there was a discrepancy in capacity of slaughterhouses and waste treatment systems, and advised the scientists and industries to design the compact effluent treatment plants (ETPs) to get maximum treatment with minimum cost.
“The industries should also make profit through recycling of the waste from slaughterhouses and dairy industries,” Paturkar suggested.
Rathod said that the dairy industry consumed a lot of water. “Therefore, efficient water use and effluent management by the dairy processing industry are very much needed,” he added.
“A proper ratio of milk and water should be maintained by the industry, as the milk already contains 80 per cent water,” Rathod stated.
He stressed on the need to use more anaerobic treatment systems for methane production from dairy wastewater which can be used as a biofuel.
Rathod urged the scientists to explore more environment-friendly processes for the treatment of dairy wastewater.
In his welcome address, Rakesh Kumar, director, said, “CSIR-NEERI has provided the solutions to various industries for waste water treatment and management.”
He informed that the institute played a vital role to set up common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in Rajasthan, Delhi and Punjab.
Kumar advised the participants to understand the processes and customise at the industry and spread the outcome of this business meet to consultants and practitioners.
This business meet illuminated the issues like segregation, processing, recovery of value-added products from the waste along with the implementation of policies.
Girish Pophali, principal scientist, gave an overview of this business meet. A K Bansiwal, head, Business Development Group, briefed about the significant achievements of CSIR-NEERI and explored business opportunities.
The representatives of the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), urban local bodies (ULBs), industries and research institutions participated in this event.
Scientists Pravin Manekar and Sukdeb Pal were also involved in organising this event, while scientist Rima Biswas Mondal conducted the proceedings.
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