Organic industrial waste includes a wide range of organic materials obtained from industrial and commercial operation. Industries in Middle East countries produces a large number of organic residues and by-products whose disposal is a major problem for stake-holders. In recent decades, the fast-growing food and beverage processing industry has remarkably increased in importance in major countries of the Middle East.
Since the early 1990s, the increased agricultural output stimulated an increase in fruit and vegetable canning as well as juice, beverage, and oil processing in countries like Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. There are many technologically-advanced dairy products, bakery and oil processing plants in the region.
Organic Waste Generators in Middle East
- Food/Beverage Industry
- Starch Industry
- Sugar Industry
- Paper Manufacturing
- Slaughterhouse
- Chemical Industry
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Poultry Farms
- Dairies
- Cosmetic Industry
- Fish Oil and Fish Processing Industry
Solid wastes include peelings and scraps from fruit and vegetables, food that does not meet quality control standards, pulp and fibre from sugar and starch extraction, filter sludges and coffee grounds. Liquid wastes are generated by washing meat, fruit and vegetables, blanching fruit and vegetables, pre-cooking meats, poultry and fish, cleaning and processing operations.
Organic Waste Management Strategy
Organic industrial wastes, either liquid or solid, are a good substrate for biogas generation by making use of anaerobic digestion process. Anaerobic digestion of organic industrial waste is fast gaining popularity worldwide. Many industries produce liquid and solid wastes that are suitable for anaerobic digestion, such as food processing, pharmaceuticals, organic chemicals, paper manufacturing and tannery industries.
The use of biogas technology for wastewater treatment is increasing rapidly for industrial wastewater treatment. There are thousands of vendor-supplied systems in operation or under construction throughout the world. Over 30 types of industry have been identified as having wastewater amenable to anaerobic digestion treatment, including processors of beverages, chemicals, food, meat, milk, pulp and paper, and pharmaceutics.
Some of the wastes might be difficult to digest as a sole substrate, but they can be biochemically degraded in combination with manure or sewage sludge. The combined digestion of different wastes is called co-digestion.
Organic waste can be use to power production and bio gas production. It can also be used to produce organic fertilizers.
As the population grow up day by day in the middle waste, demand of food production also growing. This is unavoidable and what all government should do is to take mitigation measures to take the issues in an environment friendly manner. And can suggest to industries to management their waste them self without sending to the municipalities. This is possible when license or any other authorization given, to confirm all waste management processing facilities in place. Thank you very much dear Zalman to bring this issue to the notice of the public.
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