AGRICULTURA

L WASTE
By :
1. FEMBRIADI SANTOSO (083194017)
2. ANISSATUL JANNAH (083194030)
3. PUJI RAHAYU (083194032)
UNDERSTANDING OF AGRICULTURE
The agricultural Act 1947 defines “agricultural”
as including
 Horticultural, fruit growing, seed growing,
dairy farming, livestock breeding and keeping
 The use of land as grazing land, meadow land,
osier land, market garden and nursery ground
 The use of land for woodlands where that use
is ancillary to the farming or land for other
agricultural purpose and agricultural shall be
construed accordingly.
UNDERSTANDING OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE

 Agricultural waste is any substance or object

from premises used for agriculture or
horticulture, which the holder discards,
intends to discard or is required to discard. It
is waste specifically generated by agricultural
activities.
 agricultural waste is composed of organic
wastes (animal excrete in the form of slurries
and farmyard manures, spent mushroom
compost, soiled water and silage effluent).
CATEGORIES OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE

 There are two types of agricultural waste.

One consists of excess fertilizer that filters
down through the soil and contaminates
groundwater. The other is a result of animal
waste.
 Include Natural waste (organic) :
1. Animals (exp: organic farming)
2. Plants (exp: palm oil)
EXAMPLES OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE

 Vehicle and machinery waste

Antifreeze, batteries, brake pads, oil filters, tyres,
redundant vehicles and machinery, hydraulic oils,
engine/gear/lubricating oils and waste fuels.
 Building waste

Plasterboard, gypsum, bricks, concrete, wood, glass, metal,

soils, stone, tiles, asbestos and roof and wall sheeting.
 Non-packaging plastic

Bale twine, net wrap, tree guards, cores for silage wrap,
greenhouse and tunnel film, mulch film, crop cover,
fleeces, horticultural plastics and silage plastic.
 Animal health products

Animal health treatments, swabs and dressings (used and

unused), used sheep dip, syringes (used and unused) and
medicines.
EXAMPLES OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE

 Plastic packaging
Feed bags, animal-health packaging, fertiliser bags,
agrochemical containers, seed bags, feed bags and
general plastic packaging.
 Cardboard and paper
Packaging, feed bags, cores for silage wrap, seed
bags and silage wrap boxes.
 Metal, wood, glass and rubber
Hedge trimmings, tree prunings, oil drums, scrap
wood (eg fence posts), paint tins, sawdust, wood
shavings, pallets, aerosols, animal-health glass,
empty gas cylinders, agrochemical containers and
wire.
HAZARDOUS WASTE

 Hazardous waste is waste that may be harmful to

human health or the environment.
 These are known as hazardous waste :
 All types of asbestos - Asbestos fibres are very
harmful to human health and do not break
down easily in the environment. Asbestos is
found in many buildings built or refurbished
before 1999. Asbestos removal work must be
carried out by a licensed or a trained
contractor. You must dispose of asbestos waste
correctly.
 Animal health products - Waste medicines,
medicine containers and other veterinary
waste such as dressings and syringes are
classed as hazardous waste.
 ANOTHER HAZARDOUS WASTE

 Fluorescent light tubes - Gas discharge lamps or

strip lights contain mercury. This needs to be
recovered at a waste treatment facility before
the lamps can be disposed of.
 Lead-acid batteries - Batteries contain harmful
substances. You should return waste batteries
to the producer, or to a producer of similar
batteries, for recycling.
 Chemical wastes - You must check if your waste
chemicals are classed as hazardous waste. The
containers that you store hazardous waste
chemcials in will also be classed as hazardous
waste. Examples include disinfectants
ANOTHER HAZARDOUS WASTE

 Waste oils - Waste oils, eg waste lubrication oil

from machinery can cause pollution to land and
water. Edible oils and oils of plant or animal
origin are usually not classed as hazardous waste.
 Pesticides (eg herbicides, insecticides and
fungicides) - Any waste pesticides and pesticide
containers are likely to be hazardous waste.
 Solvents - Solvents can damage human health,
contaminate soils and pollute water. They are
also often highly flammable. Solvents are
commonly used in degreasing agents and paint
thinners.
SOME AGRICULTURAL WASTE DISPOSAL OR
STORAGE TIPS

1. Only burn agricultural waste or "plant tissue" if you

have prior consent from EPA (Environmental
Protection Agency).
2. Reduce, re-use and recycle farm waste, if possible
segregate plastic bags and wrapping materials.
Collect and store agricultural waste plastic straight
after use and contact an approved plastic-recycling
scheme if the plastic is deemed no longer usable on
farm. You should be able to find a local collector by
contacting your local council.
3. Keep all out buildings farm steadings and farmlands
clean and tidy and free. Remove unsightly litter from
farming activity, especially used agricultural plastics,
scrap and containers.
SOME AGRICULTURAL WASTE DISPOSAL OR
STORAGE TIPS

4. Store agricultural waste securely, thus reducing

environmental damage and any risk to human health,
and excellent way of doing this is with a specially
designed agricultural recycling bin.
5. monitor water use carefully to minimise leakage or
wastage, especially where any seepage is increasing
levels of agricultural waste production (for example
slurry build up)
6. Burn oil waste in any appliance once prior
authorisation has been granted by EPA for burning this
troublesome waste by product.
7. Recycle waste oil, lubricants, scrap metals and
plastics and tyres as some of these will become toxic
and hazardous over time
SOME AGRICULTURAL WASTE DISPOSAL OR
STORAGE TIPS

8. If possible sort your agricultural waste into

categories for example string, net, fertiliser
bags, cardboard and paper, buckets and
containers, feed bags, silage waste.
9. Separate into hazardous and no hazardous
waste some materials are toxic and should be
handled with extreme care. If ever in doubt
(COSHH - control of substances hazardous to
health) guidelines should be available on
request from your product supplier this is their
legal responsibility.
 BENEFIT FROM AGRICULTURAL
WASTE
 Reduce indiscriminate disposal or burning of waste
products which cause both soil, water and air pollution.
 Can maintaining the fertility of the soil
 Conversion of all forms of vegetable and animal waste into
organic matter suitable for the needs of the growing crop.
 To reduce the dependence on chemicals and to move
towards more natural and healthier methods of food
production
 Can help the farmer to increase their sosio-economic and
also country income
 Able to reduce the cost of animal feeding
 For productive use
 To ensure the success of the project, environmental and
economic gain for the country
Thank
you