Research Article

Potential of Abattoir Waste for Bioenergy as Sustainable Management, Eastern Ethiopia, 2019

Table 1

Annual slaughtered livestock and estimated abattoir waste from the selected abattoirs, 2019.

Name of abattoirsLivestock (no)Principal type of abattoir waste compositions
Blood waste (ton)Bone waste (ton)Intestinal content (ton)Tissue waste (ton)Total waste (ton)

Harar12,33972.3368.6146.4237.01224.37
Dire Dawa39,281316.17318.36213.49167.571,015.59
Haramaya10,17049.4178.2436.6227.97192.25
HU-E4,38056.5752.9735.9228.73174.19
Grand total66,170494.47518.1933.24261.291,606.40