USING ANIMALS FOR REDUCTION OF BIOMASS WASTES AT HOME

Feeding animals at home with food wastes is suggested as an alternativ e decentralized model for solid waste management. A new practical ''wa ste-cage'' with three compartments containing chickens, rabbits and so il is described where the excreta are composted in the latter, All dis turbances by keeping animals at home like odours, fly breeding and add itional work are minimizes by the special design of the waste-cage, Ne arly all food wastes are consumed and about 65% is metabolized, 10% is converted to eggs or meat and 25% excreted.