The West Coast Seafood Processors Association has joined with the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay to seek grant funding for a feasibility study that would evaluate opportunities to construct a multi-user byproduct recovery center on port property.
Among the goals of the proposed multi-user facility, according to the WCSPA and port, would be supporting the local and regional seafood processing industry by reducing capital and operational costs associated with treating wastewater from the individual processing facilities.
The project would also create an opportunity to recover organic material and improve the sustainability of wastewater treatment, producing a treatment of the material that would allow it to be re-used as opposed to disposed of in a landfill.
Due to increased regulatory requirements in wastewater treatment and disposal, seafood processors throughout Oregon have been working to develop solutions to ensure compliance while keeping the costs associated with doing business manageable.
