The Disposal and Utilisation of Abattoir Waste in the European Communities

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The Disposal and Utilisation
of Abattoir Waste
in the
European Communities
Werner Weiers and Roland Fischer
Published by Graham & Trotman Limited
for the Commission of the European Communities The Disposal and Utilisation
of Abattoir Waste
in the
European Communities
Werner Weiers and Roland Fischer
A report prepared for the Environment and Consumer Protection
Service of the Commission of the European Communities
by Werner Weiers and Roland Fischer
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Published by Graham & Trotman for the
Commission of the European Communities Published in 1978 by
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© ECSC, EEC, EAEC, Luxembourg, 1978
ISBN 0 86010 0731
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PRINTED BY NORTH LONDON OFFSET SERVICES LTD. LONDON EC1 253 6373 Contents
1. Introduction I
2. Definition of 'slaughterhouse waste' 3
3. Determination of quantities of slaughterhouse waste
In the EEC Member States 5
4. Slaughterhouse waste broken down by type 19
5. Determination of slaughterhouse waste by type and quantity 21
5.1 Types and quantities of poultry waste 45
6. Analysis of present disposal methods7
6.1 Evaluation of the individual disposal methods
from economic and environmental aspects 52
6.2 Disposal methods in the Individual EEC Member States 55
7. Analysis of existing or proposed statutory regulations
for the disposal of slaughterhouse waste In the EEC
Member States 57
8. Organisation of the disposal of slaughterhouse waste
In the EEC Member States 63
9. Prognosis 71
9.1 Future development of slaughterhouse waste In the EEC 7ti
9.1.1 By type 71
9.1.2 By quantity
9.2 Future development of legislation and administrative
regulations 83
10. Alternative solutions5
10.1 Possibilities of processing slaughterhouse waste
by type and quantity 8
10.1.1 In industry
10.1.2 In agriculture9
10.2 Disposal of special waste 8
10.3 Processes for making slaughterhouse waste re-usable. 90
10.3.1 Processes for making certain waste re-usable 91
10.4 Cost analysis of the various disposal and
processing methods 113
10.4.1 Waste water
10.4.2 Costs of disposal and processing of waste
by animal carcass disposal Institutions 113
10.5 Cost benefit and cost loss analyses In connexion
with the disposal of slaughterhouse waste 116
10.6 Assessment of the different disposal and
processing methods 120 Ilt
10.7 Possible uses of slaughterhouse waste 121
11. Economic significance of the utilisation of
slaughterhouse waste 123
12. Significance of the utilisation of slaughterhouse
waste to the environment5
12.1 Particular problems in connexion with composting 127
13. Proposals for the future disposal of slaughterhouse waste
In the EEC (Ideal situation) and for the use and utilisa­
tion of slaughterhouse waste from economic and environ­
mental aspects in industry and agriculture 133
13.1 Ideal situation In the EEC 13
13.2 Examination of alternative solutions to see whether
they can be embodied in view of legal and
administrative regulations7
13.3 Suggestions for the development and adaptation of
legal and administrative regulations for the
disposal of slaughterhouse waste In the EEC 13
14. Summary 139
Bibliography 145 List of tables
1 EEC livestock 6
2 Number of animals killed In the Individual
countries 8
3 Net production by country 10
4 Anlmal-specific coefficients for calculating
waste quantities for the Individual disposal
systems 12
5 Slaughtering waste by countries 14
6 Proportion of waste from slaughtered carcasses 2
7 Average carcass weights 23
8e carcass weights by animal and country
1970 - 19735
9-17 Proportion of waste In absolute terms for the
Individual EEC Member States 26 - 34
18 - 26 Quantities of waste by type of waste and animal
for the individual EEC Member States 36 - 44
27 Incidence of poultry waste by type and
country for 1973 In tonnes 46
28 Increase In the number of animals slaughtered
In the EEC Member States from 1950 to 1970 -
cattle 78 29 Increase in the number of animals slaughtered
in the EEC Member States from 1950 to 1970 -
pigs 79
30 Average per capita meat consumption In the EEC 81
31 Population of the EEC 82
32 Hygienic assessment of composting processes 128 Ustof figures
1 Slaughterhouse waste disposal methods In the EEC 47
2 Cattle stocks In the EEC Member States 73
3 P|g stocks In the EEC Member States4
4 Livestock In the EEC Member States 75
5 Number of animals slaughtered in the EEC Member
States - cattle 76
6 Number of animals slaughtered in the EEC Member
States - pigs7
7 Increase in the number of animals slaughtered In the
EEC Member States from 1950 to 1970 - cattle 78
8 Increase in the number of animals slaughtered In the
EEC Member States from 1950 to 1970 - pigs9
9 Possibilities of processing waste water, faeces,
urine and litter 95
10 Objectives of the TBA6
11 HEB pressing process7
12 HEB pressing process 99
13 HEB wet extraction process 102