Additional details on this topic are available in the full meeting minutes. Additional details on this topic are available in the full meeting minutes. P2 technologies and practices include making the most use out of each potato. Food processing is a water-intensive process, and the plant incorporates closed loops for reusing wash and process water. Peel and other leavings are reused for cattle feed, paper production, pet food production, and ethanol distilling.
Ethanol is sold as a gasoline additive and used to produce biodiesel, an alternative fuel.
Solids removed from wastewater are used for cattle feed, and methane from anaerobic digesters fuels boilers. Packaging is designed to minimize package size, so that more packages can be loaded aboard trucks and railcars. Refrigerated railcars that ship product are chilled with carbon dioxide that is a byproduct of fertilizer production. Additional details on this topic are available in the full meeting minutes. The city's industrial pretreatment program incorporates P2 .