LambWeston® is a world leading brand in high quality potato products, which are sold in over 100 countries around the world. LambWeston has its headquarters in Kruiningen, The Netherlands. In the manufacturing process of potatoes in Kruiningen, sunflower oil is used. This oil incidentally ends up in the waste water and consequently ends up in the waste water treatment plant (WWTP) of LambWeston. To remove oil from the waste water, LambWeston uses a dissolved air flotation unit (DAF) without coagulation and flocculation. Nevertheless, the effluent of the DAF unit at the Kruiningen plant sometimes contains oil in in high concentrations. Read more…
