Food Waste Disposers (FWDs) are units used by
householders or commercial food operators to dispose of organic kitchen waste down the sinkhole to the sewer system. FWDS are easy to install to a premise?s water outlet and can be retrofitted in buildings. Powered electronically, the units contain spinning metal plates to
grind the food into particles varying in size from 2 mm to 50 mm on average. The purpose of this report is to examine the potential impacts of domestic and commercial FWD use on the wastewater collection and treatment systems, the
environment and stakeholders in Ireland.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=92
Resource Keywords	FWD, Food Waste kitchen sink
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2005-WRM-DS-23
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Waste and Resource Management
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	In any 3rd party usage of the findings of this report the authors of the report should be clearly citated and referenced. SAFER automatically provides a citation for this resource which can be found below.
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	4
Project Start Date	Tuesday 10th January 2006 (10-01-2006)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Tuesday 10th January 2006 (10-01-2006)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Sunday 10th December 2006 (10-12-2006)
Published on SAFER	Wednesday 29th October 2008 (29-10-2008)
Date of Last Edit	Wednesday 2nd March 2011 at 12:03:05 (02-03-2011)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Tuesday 25th November 2008 at 13:49:33 (25-11-2008)

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Description of Geographical Characteristics of This Project or Dataset
There was no actual data collection in this project. Consultation was carried out with stakeholders from the public authorities, the waste industry, the wastewater sector, and the FWD industry in Ireland. Telephone contact was made with the Sanitary, Water and/or Environmental Departments of 12 Irish Local Authorities in relation to the efforts to control discharge of food waste from commercial premises.

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• Critical Analysis of the Potential of Mechanical Biological Treatment for Irish waste Management View Full Metadata Description
• SEA - Alternatives development for household waste management View Full Metadata Description
• Energy Efficiency Improvement of Waste Water Treatment Processes Using Process Integration Techniques View Full Metadata Description

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