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ArticleItem Open Access Waste Management in Food Packaging Industry(2016) Maheshkumar, G.; Irshad, A.; Raghunath, B.V.; Rajarajan, G.; TANUVASThe increasing amount of food packaging waste is perceived as a problem in urgent need of solution in all industrialized countries. According to the environment protection act, waste is any substance which constitutes scrap material, an effluent, unwanted surplus substance, article which requires disposing of as being broken, worn out, contaminated or otherwise spoiled.Book chapterItem Open Access Impact of Dairy Effluent on Environment—A Review(TANUVAS, 2016) Raghunath, B.V.; Punnagaiarasi, A.; Rajarajan, G.; Irshad, A.; Elango, A.; Maheshkumar, G.; TANUVASDairy industry is among the most polluting of the food industries in regard to its large water consumption. Dairy is one of the major industries causing water pollution. Considering the increased milk demand, the dairy industry in India is expected to grow rapidly and have the waste generation and related environ- mental problems are also assumed increased importance.Book chapterItem Open Access Utilization of Cheese Industry Whey for Biofuel-Ethanol Production(2016) Rajarajan, G.; Irshad, A.; Raghunath, B.V.; Maheshkumar, G.; Punnagaiarasi, A.; TANUVASLarge quantities of whey are produced as a by-product during the manufacture of cheese and casein, and this must be disposed of or processed in an environmentally acceptable way. The key to the utilisation of this resource has been changing the perception of whey from a ‘waste material’ to an ‘opportunity’ for further processing.