Impact of slaughter Houses (Production and Waste

Disposal) On Urban Environment Of

The SudanPresented By:

Dr. Abu Bakr El Siddig AhmedEl Tohami (Associate Professor)

To identify and assess the impact of irrelevant location of slaughterhouses on the living environment of some residential areas of Omdurman Municipality- Khartoum State- Sudan

Paper Objective:

1) Questionnaire.

2)Photos for documentation.

3) Site observations.

Methodologies adopted:

A Slaughter house is “a facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products “.

 

Definition

1) Animals Transportation

2) Slaughtering

3) Dressing

4) Evisceration

Animal Slaughtering Operations :

Aesthetic and pollution related problems.

a) Land contamination : Mostly, land contamination is an

aesthetic issue rather than pollution.

Impact of Slaughter Houses Site Selection On Omdurman Urban Environment:

The main pollutants are blood , animal dung , and body part:-

They can introduce bacterial contamination

Increase in nitrate , phosphate and sulphates leading to health problems .

B) Water contamination: -

Improper waste handling causes unpleasant odour and negatively affecting the esthetic value of the environment.

C) Air Emissions and the aesthetic value of the environment:

1) Waste generated by slaughterhouses ( e.g. hides, blood, bones , dung , fat and body part which could be used in:

preparation of leather. chicken feed selling . Preparation of organic manure and

cosmetics. Bricks industry use hides .

D) Solid wastes Reuse:

A lorry transporting slaughtering wastes reused in

bricks industry

2) Although the waste has a commercial value, a

considerable amount of it is wasted, because of

Poor handling

Through the following sources: animals

the slaughtering activities

Vehicular movement to transport animals and meat to and from the slaughterhouse.

D) Noise Pollution :NUISANCE AND IRITATION OF THE RESIDENCE

Spoiling the meat Due to the absence of cold storage facilities posing a danger to the consumer’s health .

E) Health hygiene and safety :

1. Wind helps in spreading of unpleasant odour and flies in the neighboring settlements .

 2. The vulnerability of neighbouring areas to flooding by rain water since most of the slaughterhouses waste disposal sites are located in elevated or higher areas.

F) Other Environmental Impacts of the location of slaughter Houses on Omdurman Municipality:

H) Slaughterhouses waste disposal sites and their impact on the neighboring residential areas :

1. solid and liquid wastes attracts scavengers such as large birds and homeless dogs

2. Wastes provide an ideal habitat for the breeding and multiplication of insects (flies).

3. no waste management units in the study area even inside these slaughterhouses resulted in health hazards for the neighboring residential areas e.g. respiratory diseases and nuisance ( nasty smell) .

4. No green shelter to reduce noise as well as air pollution

slaughterhouses neighboring the residential areas resulted in a lot of environmental and health impacts

Conclusion

A) Site location :Slaughterhouses should be located

outside populated areas downwind from the city far from river banks or any other water body.

B) Land contamination: Proper storage of wastes inside the

premises in an aerated area to minimize biodegradation and foul smell .

Mitigation Measures :

Presence of a liquid waste collection system to avoid any water discharges outside the premises .

D) Air emissions : Development of Proper aerated

storage areas to minimize Unpleasant smell .

Planting Trees around the slaughterhouses.

C) Water contamination :

Improving Waste handling to minimize losses.

Open Storing waste in sheds to avoid smell inside the facility .

Recycling waste . Sprinkling waste storage areas with

crushed lime .

Solid waste :

Planting trees around the slaughterhouses . Slaughterhouses walls should be at least

seven feet high ..

Noise:

Regular medical checkup of meat handlers . PPE for meat handlers e.g. head cover ,

gloves …. etc. Storing meat in hygiene conditions ,

preferably on hangers . Provision of all necessary facilities and

infrastructure.

Health hygiene and safety :

THANKS