The problem of pollution of the environment arose for the first time with the beginning of Industrialization. At that time there was no need to think about disposal of waste. There was no reason to do so because the space available to man and other living creatures appeared quite adequate. The life expectancy of man has risen as a result of the enormous advances In technology and medicine. In 1650 It was 30 years throughout the world whi Ie In 1970 It had risen to 53 years, and this has consequently been accompanied by a population exp los I on. Whl Ie the world population in 1650 was some 500,000,000, in 1970 It was about 3,600,000,000. Assuming that mortality does not rise sharply, the population potential 1 for the year 2000 is expected to be some 7,000,000,000 . Industrial production has grown to an even greater degree than the world population. The growth of noxious substances has developed with the growth of the population on the one hand and with industrial growth on the other. The growth of slaughterhouse waste is directly related to population growth, because as the population -increases so does the demand for meat and meat products. Consumption habits have also changed with Increasing prosperity so that there has been an increase in the proportion of slaughterhouse by-products which are difficult to market.

1. Introduction.- 2. Definition of 'slaughterhouse waste'.- 3. Determination of quantities of slaughterhouse waste in the EEC Member States.- 4. Slaughterhouse waste broken down by type.- 5. Determination of slaughterhouse waste by type and quantity.- 5.1 Types and quantities of poultry waste.- 6. Analysis of present disposal methods.- 6.1 Evaluation of the individual disposal methods from economic and environmental aspects.- 6.2 Disposal methods in the individual EEC Member States.- 7. Analysis of existing or proposed statutory regulations for the disposal of slaughterhouse waste in the EEC Member States.- 8. Organisation of the disposal of slaughterhouse waste in the EEC Member States.- 9. Prognosis.- 9.1 Future development of slaughterhouse waste in the EEC.- 9.2 Future development of legislation and administrative regulations.- 10. Alternative solutions.- 10.1 Possibilities of processing slaughterhouse waste by type and quantity.- 10.2 Disposal of special waste.- 10.3 Processes for making slaughterhouse waste re-usable.- 10.3.1 Processes for making certain waste re-usable.- 10.4 Cost analysis of the various disposal and processing methods.- 10.5 Cost benefit and cost loss analyses in connexion with the disposal of slaughterhouse waste.- 10.6 Assessment of the different disposal and processing methods.- 10.7 Possible uses of slaughterhouse waste.- 11. Economic significance of the utilisation of slaughterhouse waste.- 12. Significance of the utilisation of slaughterhouse waste to the environment.- 12.1 Particular problems in connexion with composting.- 13. Proposals for the future disposal of slaughterhouse waste in the EEC (ideal situation) and for the use and utilisation of slaughterhouse waste from economic and environmental aspects in industry andagriculture.- 13.1 Ideal situation in the EEC.- 13.2 Examination of alternative solutions to see whether they can be embodied in view of legal and administrative regulations.- 13.3 Suggestions for the development and adaptation of legal and administrative regulations for the disposal of slaughterhouse waste in the EEC.- 14. Summary.- Bibilography.