Green Technologies for the Treatment and Utilisation of Dairy Product Wastes

Dairy industries are growing day by day with the increase in demand. These industries produce so many products with milk as a raw material. Dairy industry generates enormous amounts of wastewater, sludge and whey. The wastes have a high concentration of organic and inorganic material, high COD, BOD and mineral ions. These wastes need to be treated before discharge to prevent pollution to water, soil and air. This chapter aims to describe the different types of dairy waste and their remediation techniques to remove specific kinds of pollutants in wastewater.