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John Polanski
Food
Processing Specialist
612/624-4619
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Areas of Assistance
- Food Processors
- Pollution Prevention Teams
As MnTAP's food processing waste reduction specialist, John Polanski examines the concerns of those industries, which include: limiting water use, reducing by-product losses and finding alternative ways to manage food processing by-products. When John Polanski joined MnTAP in 1990, he immediately began making a difference. With MnTAP's backing, John wrote a bill that redefined state law on feeding food by-products to livestock. Now it is easier for a food processor generating non-meat food waste to work with a farmer who is licensed to feed those types of by-product wastes.
John regularly helps companies create internal waste reduction teams and assists them with isolating problem areas. When facilitating monthly onsite team meetings, he works with them to aid implementation of pollution prevention strategies. John shows companies the financial advantages of incorporating waste reduction into their daily activities.
Good Questions to Ask John
- Can you help us reduce our by-product losses?
- What management options do I have for our by-products?
- How can we reduce our water use?
- Can you help us reduce the amount of wastewater we discharge?
- Can you help us conserve energy?
Related Work Experience
- MnTAP's food processing specialist since 1990
Associations
American Association of Cereal Chemists
Institute of Food Technologists
Minnesota Sanitarians Association
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