State of the art of the Slaughter and Animal By-Products Industries Description of Austrian Plants STATE OF THE ART IN THE SLAUGHTER AND ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES Description of Austrian plants Hannes Waxwender Jakob Svehla-Stix Martin Zeilinger REPORT REP-0583 Vienna 2016 Project management Hannes Waxwender Authors Hannes Waxwender Jakob Svehla-Stix Martin Zeilinger Title photograph © AMA Marketing We would like to express our gratitude to the representatives of the companies as well as the competent authorities for their effort. This publication was funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW). For further information about the publications of the Umweltbundesamt please go to: http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/ Imprint Owner and Editor: Umweltbundesamt GmbH Spittelauer Lände 5, 1090 Vienna/Austria © Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Vienna, 2016 All Rights reserved ISBN 978-3-99004-396-7 State of the Art Slaughterhouses and Rendering Installations – Stand der Technik (BvT) CONTENT 1 STAND DER TECHNIK (BVT) ................................................................ 7 1.1 Allgemeine BvT Schlussfolgerungen – Tierschlachtanlagen und Anlagen zur Verarbeitung tierischer Nebenprodukte ..................................................................... 7 1.1.1 Allgemeine BvT – Energieverbrauch und Energieeffizienz ..................... 7 1.1.2 Allgemeine BvT – Wasserverbrauch und Abwasseremissionen .............................................................................. 7 1.1.3 Allgemeine BvT – Abfallmanagement ................................................... 10 1.1.4 Allgemeine BvT – Lärm ......................................................................... 11 1.1.5 Allgemeine BvT – Geruchsemissionen ................................................. 11 1.1.6 Allgemeine BvT – Grundwasserschutz ................................................. 11 1.2 Spezifische BvT – Schlachthäuser .................................................... 12 1.2.1 BvT – Energiekonsum und Energieeffizienz ......................................... 12 1.2.2 BvT – Wasserverbrauch und Abwasseremissionen ............................. 12 1.2.3 BvT – Abfallmanagement ...................................................................... 14 1.3 Spezifische BvT – Anlagen zur Verarbeitung tierischer Nebenprodukte .................................................................................... 15 1.3.1 BvT – Energiekonsum und Energieeffizienz ......................................... 15 1.3.2 BvT – Wasserverbrauch und Abwasseremissionen ............................. 15 1.3.3 BvT – Abfallmanagement ...................................................................... 18 1.4 Methodenvorschriften der Probennahme und Analyse .................. 18 2 STATE OF THE ART (BAT) ................................................................. 21 2.1 General BAT conclusions for slaughterhouses and animal by-products installations ....................................................... 21 2.1.1 General BAT – Energy consumption and energy efficiency ................. 21 2.1.2 General BAT – Water consumption and wastewater emissions .............................................................................................. 22 2.1.3 General BAT – Waste management ..................................................... 24 2.1.4 General BAT – Noise ............................................................................ 25 2.1.5 General BAT – Odour emissions .......................................................... 25 2.1.6 General BAT – Groundwater protection ................................................ 25 2.2 Specific BAT – Slaughterhouses ....................................................... 26 2.2.1 BAT – Energy consumption and energy efficiency ............................... 26 2.2.2 BAT – Water consumption and wastewater emissions ......................... 26 2.2.3 BAT – Waste management ................................................................... 27 2.3 Specific BAT – Animal by-products installations ............................ 28 2.3.1 BAT – Energy consumption and energy efficiency ............................... 28 2.3.2 BAT – Water consumption and wastewater emissions ......................... 28 2.3.3 BAT – Waste management ................................................................... 29 2.4 Standards for sampling and analyses .............................................. 30 Umweltbundesamt REP-0583, Vienna 2016 3 State of the Art Slaughterhouses and Rendering Installations – Stand der Technik (BvT) 3 LEGAL BACKGROUND ....................................................................... 33 3.1.1 Ordinance on firing installations ............................................................ 33 3.1.2 Emission protection Act for Steam Boilers ............................................ 36 3.1.3 Wastewater ........................................................................................... 38 4 APPLIED PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES ...................................... 44 4.1 Overview of the Austrian slaughter and animal by- products industries ............................................................................. 44 4.2 Slaughter .............................................................................................. 46 4.2.1 Titz Geflügelschlachthof GmbH ............................................................ 47 4.2.2 Norbert Marcher GmbH ......................................................................... 54 4.2.3 Stürzenbecher Vieh- und Fleischhandelsgesellschaft m.b.H. .............. 60 4.2.4 Fleischhof Raabtal GmbH ..................................................................... 65 4.2.5 Steirerfleisch GmbH .............................................................................. 71 4.2.6 Jöbstl Bauerngut GmbH ........................................................................ 76 4.2.7 Scheucher Fleisch GmbH ..................................................................... 81 4.2.8 Higelsberger GmbH............................................................................... 89 4.2.9 Dachsberger & Söhne GmbH ............................................................... 94 4.2.10 Hubers Landhendl GmbH ..................................................................... 99 4.2.11 Alpenrind GmbH ..................................................................................104 4.2.12 Rudolf Großfurtner GmbH ...................................................................109 4.2.13 Herbert Handlbauer GmbH .................................................................122 4.2.14 IBOSCHWEIN Vertriebs GmbH ..........................................................126 4.2.15 Schweinespezialbetrieb Innviertel GmbH ...........................................130 4.3 Animal by-products installations ....................................................132 4.3.1 SARIA Bio-Industries GmbH ...............................................................133 4.3.2 TKV Oberösterreich GmbH .................................................................139 4.3.3 Burgenländische Tierkörperverwertungs GmbH .................................145 4.3.4 Steirische Tierkörperverwertungsgesellschaft m.b.H & CoKG ...........154 4.3.5 Boxmark Leather GmbH & Co KG ......................................................160 5 REFERENCES ....................................................................................168 6 APPENDIX ..........................................................................................180 6.1 Slaughterhouse installations Austria..............................................180 4 Umweltbundesamt REP-0583, Vienna 2016 State of the Art Slaughterhouses and Rendering Installations – Stand der Technik (BvT) LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AEL ...................... Associated Emission Level AOX ..................... Adsorbable organic halogen compounds (reported as Cl) BAT ...................... Best Available Techniques BATC ................... Best Available Techniques Conclusions BOD5 .............................. Biological Oxygen Demand (5 day) COD ..................... Chemical Oxygen Demand EDM ..................... Elektronisches Daten Management: Electronic Data Management operated by the Austrian Federal Environment Agency ELV ...................... Emission Limit Value EMREG ............... Austrian Emission Register EMS ..................... Energy Management System EW100 ............................. Population equivalent (100 g COD load per inhabitant) EW60 ............................... Population equivalent (60 g BOD5 per inhabitant) fpdcs .................... Flow Proportional unsettled homogenised Daily Composite Sample fpwcs .................... Flow Proportional unsettled homogenised Weekly Composite Sample IED ....................... Industrial Emissions Directive IPPC .................... Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control ÖWAV .................. Österreichischer Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaftsverband (Austrian Water and Waste Management Association) Q .......................... Volumetric flow rate (Quantity of water or wastewater per time unit) SBR ..................... Sequencing Batch Reactor TN ........................ Total Nitrogen TOC ..................... Total Organic Carbon TP ........................ Total Phosphorus TSS ...................... Total Suspended Solids VOC ..................... Volatile Organic Compounds WW ...................... Wastewater WWTP ................