Animal By-Products Regulations 2005

The Animal By-Products Regulations prohibit the landfill disposal of uncooked meat, fish and eggs. Uncooked meat, fish and eggs from retail outlets must be treated at an approved processing plant such as:

• Rendering plants.
• Incinerator (includes gasification and pyrolysis).
• Alkaline hydrolysis plant.
• Technical plant.
• Composting or Biogas plant.
• Pet food plant.

By their nature these types of plants are few and far between giving the likes of supermarkets with unsold product a huge issue over segregation of these animal by-products as well as large cost implications for the separate collection and disposal of this waste. Rendering plants are the most common form of disposal for material from supermarkets and the cost associated with this form of disposal ranges from £125 to £250 per tonne.

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