Resource recovery and zero waste management option of slaughter house waste in Khulna city corporation of Bangladesh

Mn Amin

doi:10.3329/jbau.v7i2.4742

Abstract

Presently the slaughter houses of khulna city corporation (KCC) area in Bangladesh are being used in such a way that the wastes come from these are polluting the surrounding environment such as river water, solid surface, air etc. In this circumstance, the research analyzed the management options of this slaughter house wastes and determines how this process would be suitably managed through the community participation. To fulfill the above mentioned objective, the research work was conducted through the questionnaire survey, direct observation, face-to-face interview along with the random sample collection and relevant measures of different factors. The research finding reveals that the total quantity of waste produced from these slaughter houses was 2888.45 tonnes/year. The management of this volume of waste was found as unsatisfactory by the most of the stakeholder groups due to fail of the conservation of public health and ecosystem of the local community. However, the analysis of the research data and other relevant information suggest that the potential management system such as a zero waste management of the wastes of slaughter houses in Khulna City Corporation area is possible to implement for more environmentally friendly development of the society which have the potential to resource reuse (waste-to-energy recovery) and others. Finally, the research recommended three separate designs of the conventional biomethanation plant and a potential biogas production model for these slaughter houses. Keywords: Slaughter house; Biomethanation; Zero waste management; Energy recovery; Khulna city corporation DOI: 10.3329/jbau.v7i2.4742 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 7(2): 321-327, 2009

Highlights

Current environmental management practices aim to achieve a harmonious balance between the development of economic resources and the preservation of the environment with the ultimate goal of reaching sustainability while improving the health, ecology, safety and prosperity
Resource Recovery and Zero waste management of slaughter house waste in Khulna City Corporation has been identified as the study problem which could be the key to resolve uncovers the quantity waste produced from these slaughter houses of Khulna City Corporation and give a suitable suggestion of how to deal with these wastes targeting zero waste management
Before estimating the waste quantity, the type of waste produced from those slaughter houses were selected as the estimation of waste quantity depends on its types

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Introduction

Current environmental management practices aim to achieve a harmonious balance between the development of economic resources and the preservation of the environment with the ultimate goal of reaching sustainability while improving the health, ecology, safety and prosperity. The large amount of waste product from this slaughter house is not in well managed condition and it is being used by some other unproductive way or dumped directly as unused materials These wastes are mainly streaming to the open surface water body and Recovery and zero waste management option of slaughter house waste polluting the overall environment there. As a result, it is causing a huge suffering for the inhabitants of this area especially for the people living near to the slaughter house. Resource Recovery and Zero waste management of slaughter house waste in Khulna City Corporation has been identified as the study problem which could be the key to resolve uncovers the quantity waste produced from these slaughter houses of Khulna City Corporation and give a suitable suggestion of how to deal with these wastes targeting zero waste management

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