Food, Agriculture &

Livestock wastes
Group 09

2018/ASB/43
2018/ASB/41
2018/ASB/54
2018/ASB/18
CONTENTS

 Introduction
 Existing Problems
 Effects of Bad Agricultural & Food Waste disposing
Practices
 Objectives and Solutions

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 Introduction
Food waste : The decrease in the quantity or quality of food resulting
from decisions and actions by retailers, food service providers and
consumers

 Approximately 3963 tons of food waste generated per day (FAO)

 In SriLanka 8000 tons of Solid waste generated each day. 80% of

waste is food waste

 Why ?
• Inefficient storage, transport
• Unsustainable consumer behaviour
• Financial and structural limitations
• Challenging climatic conditions

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Agricultural waste: Waste that are produced as a result of various
agricultural operations

Examples:

• Manure and other waste from agricultural land

• Residuals from harvest
• Fertilizer run off from field
• Pesticides that enter into water, air and soil
• Salt and silt drained from field
• Crop residues, weeds, leaf litter

Livestock waste : Wastes that are collected from livestock and poultry

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 Classification of agriculture and livestock waste

1. Animal production solid waste – bedding, animal carcasses, damaged

feeders

2. Food and meat processing solid wastes – bones, feathers, banana peels

3. Crop production solid waste- crop residues, husk

4. On farm solid waste – vaccine containers, needles, syringes

5. Chemical waste – pesticides, insecticide, herbicide

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 Existing Problems

 Increase of generating amount of agricultural & food wastes

 Poor waste disposing mechanisms
 Lack of technological knowledge
 Absence of applying 3R principles
 Lack of education and awareness

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Effects of Bad Agricultural & Food Waste
disposing Practices
Climate Change
Human and animal health issues
 Water pollution
 Air pollution
 Soil pollution
 Odour pollution
 Flood

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Objectives and ideas to achieve these
objectives.
Objective 01

To make all the citizens and institutions legally responsible

to engage in waste management activities as generators
based on the degree of their involvement.

 Providing knowledge by awareness programs to citizens and waste

producing organizations to manage that waste properly.
 Introduce by-laws to encourage to reduce irregular food and
agricultural waste disposal.
 In order to prevent such unauthorized waste disposal, to take
appropriate action and (fines) and various legal measures in a
manner suitable to the respective levels.
 Introduce by-laws to encourage food waste reduction in canteens
and catering High percentage of food waste is generated by
institutional canteens, in food courts and through event catering.
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Objective 02
To sensitize citizens, institutions, waste mangers and service
providers continuously on the need to be accountable and
responsible to manage wastes individually and collectively by
preventing and minimizing its generation moving beyond
compliance.
 Create an enabling investment climate for private sector engagement
in RRR
 Introduce financial schemes to attract and incentivize local
entrepreneurs to enter RRR businesses, discourage food wastage in the
retail sector, and support waste valorization processes.
 Reducing waste management volumes while creating value-added
resource recovery products

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 Objective 03 :
To ensure availability of facilities and infrastructure for
treatment and final disposal of waste in an environmental
sound manner assuring responsible, accountable and
sustainable operation and maintenance.

 RRR businesses are relatively new to Sri Lanka and there could be
further financial and regulatory incentives like the existing tax
exceptions for importing renewable energy equipment.
 Introduce financial schemes to attract and incentivize local
entrepreneurs to enter RRR businesses.
 Infrastructure support in public markets to keep food fresh.

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Objective 04:
To make every effort to minimize final disposal of waste by
retaining its resource utilization value throughout the life
cycle.
 Link food waste agricultural waste generator and potential user
minimize final disposal and retaining its resource utilization value.
 There is demand for food waste and agricultural waste as animal
feed, can be the moderator (e.g. low-cost web-based platform/phone
app) for facilitating direct producer-user linkages.
 capacity development in food and agricultural waste reduction by
extend source segregation to all businesses, canteens of private and
public schools, hospitals, food courts, farming lands, animal farms
etc.

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 Objective 05 :
To enhance effectiveness and efficiencies of existing waste
management systems/practices and promote new systems for
avoidance, prevention and/or minimization of waste with
appropriate technology and practices.
 Biofertilizer
 vermicompost through vermicomposting
 incineration or disposal in landfills
 Anaerobic digestion produces biofuel in the form of biogas
 Agricultural waste bin
 Smart Waste Management for Smart Agriculture (SA) framework
 Reduce food waste

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• Try not to buy more food products than you need – such as to
feed animals.
• Consider investing in new technologies that can help manage
crop growth.
• Recycle any waste food where possible.
• Introduce composting to your routine.
• Consider selling surplus products in bulk at a decreased price,
instead of throwing it away.
• Donate surplus products to charities such as food banks or
homeless shelters, who will ensure the products don’t go to
waste.

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 Objective 06
To improve efficiencies and effectiveness of existing
appropriate markets, promote new markets with appropriate
innovative technologies and partnerships, and facilitate
holistic integrated waste management systems/practices.

Improving agriculture practices

Maintaining a better balance between production and demand
Managing food surplus by reusing it
Finding secondary markers or donating it
Recycling and recovering when reuse is not possible

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 Objective 07
To reduce risks to public health, environment, and
ecosystems and improve occupational health & safety of
waste handlers.

 Modern animal husbandry

 Measures for reducing risks to animal handlers, including the use of
waste management and treatment techniques
 Safe handling and disposal of organic wastes used in agriculture

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 Objective 08
To enhance effective partnerships to meet international
obligations in waste management moving beyond compliance.

 Partnership with international convention on agriculture and

food waste
Ex :IWA agro 2022

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Thank You

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