Ensuring of environmental safety through technical re-equipment of enterprises of domestic milk processing industry
Abstract
In Ukraine, dairy production is often carried out on obsolete equipment, due to which environmental pressure of the industry on the environment, especially on water resources, is significant. The wastewater of milk processing industry is intensively polluted with easily soluble organic substances that can cause great damage to water ecosystems. For example, at an average specific water consumption of 5 m3 per ton of milk, depending on the capacity of the enterprise, about 500 m3 of wastewater is generated per day. Zolotonosha dairy factory is the flagship of the economy of the city of Zolotonosha and at the same time in 2000–2012 was the main polluter of the local small rivers Sukha Zgar and Zolotonoshka due to discharges of a significant amount of untreated wastewater. In 2006, the factory became a part of a large holding "Dairy Alliance of Ukraine", among the many goals of which is the reduction of environmental pressure of dairy factories on the environment. In 2015–2017, the management of the holding made significant investments in the reconstruction of local treatment facilities of the enterprise and the installation of waste-free technological lines. This made it possible to bring the condition of wastewater to regulatory standards and improve the situation with pollution of small rivers. Solving problems in environmental activities at Zolotonosha dairy factory is an example of the possibility of ensuring the safety of water ecosystems through the implementation of environmental management at the enterprise. Today in Ukraine significant investments in reconstruction and ecological modernization of enterprises are available only to large companies. Certification of production at the investigated factory according to the international standard FSSC 22000:2015 improves the prospects for expanding exports of the company's products. Improvement of environmental safety of the Ukrainian milk processing industry is associated with further integration into the European market, where under the pressure of strict requirements of the European legislation to environmental consequences, Ukrainian manufacturers are forced to implement environmental management
Keywords
wastewater; surface water quality; standard; trademark; ecological standards; waste-free technologies
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