Research Article

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

Table 6

Estimation of biofertilizer production from abattoir waste of the selected abattoirs, 2019.

Name of abattoirsAbattoir waste (ton)Estimated residual for biofertilizer and its cost benefits
Dry mass/DM (ton)Volatile solid/VS (ton)Biofertilizer (ton)Estimated cost (US dollar)

Harar224.3733.6828.6316.5026,933.7
Dire Dawa1,015.59148.68126.3872.85230,610
Haramaya192.2519.1916.319.4043,951.3
HU-E174.1925.4921.6712.4915,248.3
Grand total1,606.40227.04192.98111.24946,743.2

NB: United States dollar (USD) Ethiopian currency (birr), April 2019 exchange.