Among industrial enterprises, which heavily pollute the environment, the impact of food industry companies is significant. First of all, it concerns enterprises that process agricultural raw materials, especially those of cattle-breeding. These enterprises are characterized not only by high water consumption (they occupy one of the first places among other industries), but also by significant dumping of used and contaminated wastewater into the environment: water, soil, and atmosphere. Some of these enterprises, in the best case, are equipped with primitive ineffective local treatment facilities, but most plants do not have even them. Wastewater contains residues of feed, kitchen salt, detergents and disinfectants, nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, alkalis, acids, and pathogenic microflora. Composition and volume of wastewater vary very widely. It depends on the type and composition of raw materials, produce range, seasonal fluctuations in production power, which are typical for most food industry enterprises, in particular meat processing. In addition, qualitative and quantitative indicators of wastewater are influenced by the composition of detergents and
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