Irish Large Water Users Community of Practice VIDA Webinar Presentation – Water & Related Challenges & Opportunities in the Beef Industry Jan 22 nd 2019 @central-solutions Ken Stockil Barry O Donovan Central Solutions ABP Food Group @central_sol_ltd
Large Water Users CoP Typical sites are using >20k+ m 3 water per annum or ▪ Water is Critical to the Process. Membership of >180+ production sites across Meat ▪ Processing, Food & Beverage, Pharma, Medtech, ICT, etc National Projects & Programmes with EPA, Irish Water + ▪ Bord Bia + Bord Iascaigh Mhara etc Peer to Peer Meetings & Best Practice Projects ▪ R&D (H2020, Interreg etc) ✓ Tariffs (CRU) ✓ PiE – Healthcare, Pharma & Food (Dec 4 th ) ✓ 5 Steps – Food & Beverage (Feb 20 th ) ✓
General Challenges/Opportunities
Specific Challenges/Opportunities – July ‘18 • Metering & Monitoring Solutions (Low Cost Solutions for Site Level and Subsite Levels) • Water ReUse – Opportunity Assessment & Deployment • Waste Water Treatment Technologies – Observatory & Piloting • Water Quality Sensors – Observatory & Piloting • CiP Best Practice Development & Adoption • Addressing perceived Risk of Water ReUse in Food Production through Public Awareness & Education. • Water Neutrality & Footprinting Scheme • Researching & Piloting Science Based Targets for Water across supply chains in the food sector
VIDA Agrofood sector Meat Processing Industry Barry O’Donovan - ABP Food Group
1 m cattle processed annually Turnover €2.5bn 1 m lambs processed annually 10,000 employees ABP Food Group 300,000 tonnes Pet Food 46 factory/processing sites annually An integrated Agrifood business operating across 4 divisions FRESH & PET FOODS PROTEINS RENEWABLES FROZEN FOOD
Challenges facing ABP The beef industry is a significant water consumer • ABP has an important role to play both on site and throughout the • entire supply chain Energy / water nexus in food processing • Knowledge transfer between our sites • Climate change and the wider environmental impact of the beef • sector
Corporate targets
Standardise our approach European Water Stewardship – First company with multi site • Carbon Trust – 4 standards for the entire group. Carbon, water, • waste and carbon in the supply chain Origin Green – Sustainability charter with long term commitments • ISO 50001 – Energy management across 8 facilities in Ireland • ISO 14001 – Environmental management across all sites • Science Based Targets •
What have we done Recycle water “rainfall harvesting” • – Effluent discharge for chemical make up, trailer/yard/lairage wash – Water re-use also inside the production facilities Communication – present data to the relevant people • – Provide operators with an opportunity to express opinion Optimise our processes • – Automate tripe processing cycles – Replace continuous flow sterilisers – Change wash down practices
Water Footprint
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