Abstract:
The growing number of poultry abattoir is generating a large amount of waste daily.
The improper method adopted by abattoir owners for their disposal is causing the
danger of many environmental. This paper based on study conducted about various
methods that are available for utilisation of waste from poultry abattoir and survey
conducted among local abattoir owners suggests method for utilization of wastes that
can be adopted by small scale industries. Wastes were classified as offal, feather and
feet based on their properties and existing uses. Method for experiments conducted
for finding effects of various co-composting materials and different enhancers and
effect of use of mixer on softness of feather is presented in this paper. The inference
from the result obtained from experiments was that, offal could be composted to
make organic manure with the addition of coir pith, saw dust, paddy straw etc., out of
which coir pith was most effective and the least degradable feather could be utilised
for long life resilient filling material for cushion/bed/pillows etc. after processing, for
which a simple mixer-grinder with suitable blade could be utilised.
