"Closing the Loop: An holistic approach to the management of dairy processor waste streams" investigated a 'whole of system' approach towards waste minimisation and reuse across Victorian dairy factories.
Waste management solutions beyond the factory scale were investigated by adopting a life cycle approach to waste issues. This 'systems approach', the first of its kind in the dairy industry, ensured that waste management practices were sustainable at all levels from the factory to the farm.
Through an integrated and collaborative research approach with close liaison from industry, the project aimed to deliver practices and technologies that could reduce the volume and cost of waste disposal, develop integrated land-based reuse systems and develop regional options for waste treatment and reuse.
To ensure the continued availability of this research to the wider dairy community, the DIAA has made Closing the Loop publications available on its website.
Document Downloads
- Final Report (pdf 1.9Mb)
- Model Factory Development (pdf 2.3Mb)
- Composting Best Management Practice (pdf 2.6Mb)
CIP Technical Reports
- 2005 Review products processes to reduce sodium usage (pdf 1Mb)
- 2005 Validation of reduced sodium cleaners for dairy (pdf 1Mb)
- 2007 Factory trials (pdf 1Mb)
- 2007 Bringing it all together (pdf 1Mb)
- 2007 Ultrafiltration vs nanofiltration performance (pdf 1.5Mb)
CIP Microbiology
Land Application
Organic Waste
- 2007 BMPs for composting dairy processor waste (pdf 1.8Mb)
- 2007 Co-composting dairy processing sludge (pdf 500Kb)
- MR 01 2005 Sustainable cost effective alternatives (pdf 500Kb)
- MR 02 2005 Sustainable cost effective alternatives (pdf 450Kb)
- MR 03 2005 Sustainable cost effective alternatives (pdf 400Kb)
- MR 03a 2005 Value adding to fat soilds - addendum (pdf 1.8Mb)
Salt Removal
- 2007 Final report evaluation of technologies for salt removal (pdf 750Kb)
- IR 01 2005 Evaluation of technologies for salt removal (pdf 1Mb)
- MR 01 2005 Evaluation of technologies for salt removal (pdf 590Kb)
- MR 02 2005 Evaluation of technologies for salt removal (pdf 600Kb)
- MR 03 2005 Evaluation of technologies for salt removal (pdf 600Kb)
Salt Value Adding
- 2007 Salt recovery value adding report part one (pdf 1.5Mb)
- 2007 Salt recovery value adding report part two (pdf 1.5Mb)
Sludge
- 2006 Sustainable application of dairy sludgewastes (pdf 700Kkb)
- 2007 Final report sustainable application of dairy sludgewastes (pdf 1Mb)
Survey
Ultrasonics
- 2004 Ultrasonic aided treatment of waste (pdf 1.5Mb)
- 2004 Ultrasonics feasibility review (pdf 500Kb)
Project Summaries
- CIP Chemicals
- Composting Dairy
- Cost Effectiveness
- Microbiology
- Salt Removal
- Value Adding
- Ultrasonic Treatment
- Sustainable Applications
Project Updates (pdf 150Kb each)
- Project update 01 - December 2003
- Project update 02 - January 2004
- Project update 03 - n/a
- Project update 04 - March 2004
- Project update 05 - April 2004
- Project update 06 - May 2004
- Project update 07 - June 2004
- Project update 08 - July 2004
- Project update 09 - August 2004
- Project update 10 - September 2004
- Project update 11 - October 2004
- Project update 12 - November 2004
- Project update 13 - December 2004
- Project update 14 - January 2005
- Project update 15 - February 2005
- Project update 16 - March 2005
- Project update 17 - April 2005
- Project update 18 - May 2005
- Project update 19 - June 2005
- Project update 20 - July 2005
- Project update 21 - August 2005
- Project update 22 - September 2005
- Project update 23 - October 2005
- Project update 24 - November 2005
- Project update 25 - December 2005
- Project update 26 - January 2006
- Project update 27 - February 2006
- Project update 28 - March 2006
- Project update 29 - April 2006
- Project update 30 - May 2006
- Project update 31 - June 2006
- Project update 32 - July 2006
- Project update 33 - August 2006
- Project update 34 - September 2006
- Project update 35 - October 2006
- Project update 36 - November 2006
- Project update 37 - December 2006
- Project update 38 - January 2007
- Project update 39 - February 2007
- Project update 40 - March 2007
- Project update 41 - April 2007
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