DEFINING OPTIMAL LOCATIONS OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND TRANSPORTATION ROUTES FOR TREATMENT AND STORAGE OF ANIMAL WASTE

Abstract

In order to ensure a high level of public health and animal health protection in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is necessary to improve the existing and/or provide
quality management of animal by-products, i.e. to establish an infrastructure for
quality and efficient treatment/disposal of animal by-products and waste of animal
origin. This implies a wide range of activities in this field, such as measures to
improve the legal and institutional framework, better data system management,
establishment of by-product management model including transport solutions and
technologies and provision of an adequate financial framework and sources of
funding. At this point, the issue of management of animal by-products and animal
waste in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has not been adequately addressed and
poses a threat to both human and animal health. In this regard, establishment of a
sustainable management system for animal by-products and animal waste is of
utmost importance for further development of BiH agriculture. Inadequate
management of animal by-products and animal waste poses a huge threat to the
environment, endangering natural resources, watercourses, sources of drinking
water, soil and atmosphere. This paper presents some of the activities related to
establishment of this infrastructure, relating to the methodology of selection of
locations for central plant and intermediate establishments for treatment and
collection of animal waste and the definition of optimal transport routes and
transport capacities.