The environmental and biosecurity characteristics of livestock carcass disposal methods: A review

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 767-778

  Gwyther, Ceri L ^a   Williams, A Prysor ^a   Golyshin, Peter N ^a   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^a   Jones, David L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BIO-SECURITY; BIOREDUCTIONS; BIOSECURITY RISK; DISPOSAL METHODS; ECONOMIC RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; EU REGULATIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFORMED DECISION; POLICY MAKERS; TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES; WASTE STREAM;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; RATING; WASTE INCINERATION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EUROPEAN UNION; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIR POLLUTION; ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREDUCTION; BIOSAFETY; CARCASS; COMBUSTION; COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; INCINERATION; INFECTION; LAW; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RENDERING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STORAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; LIVESTOCK; MORTUARY PRACTICE; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79951555561     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.12.005     Document Type: Review

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