Agricultural waste management - changes on the horizon

Lerpiniere, D.

Agricultural waste management - changes on the horizon - 2003 - Wastes Management December 2003, 36-38(3) .

Discusses the specific problems faced by farmers in disposing of waste from farms. Covers the waste policy as it stands at present and examines how this could change under new DEFRA waste regulations. Provides figures for the amount of waste generated by agriculture and statistical evidence of current practice. Examines the problem in Britain with reference to European solutions. Also discusses "Agricultural Waste - opportunities from change" which was published by the Agricultural Waste Stakeholder Forum in November 2003.


FARMING
AGRICULTURE
WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES