Animal Waste

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001687",
  "term": "Animal Waste",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Waste generated by the production and harvest of crops or trees or the rearing of animals. Animal waste is a subset of agricultural waste and includes waste (e.g., feed waste, bedding and litter, and feedlot and paddock runoff) from livestock, dairy, and other animal-related agricultural and farming practices.\n\n2. Poultry and livestock manure, and residual materials in liquid or solid form generated from the production and marketing of poultry, livestock or fur-bearing animals; also includes grain, vegetable, and fruit harvest residue.\n\n3. Manure (feces, urine, and other excrement produced by livestock), digestive emissions, and urea. The definition includes animal waste when mixed or commingled with bedding, compost, feed, soil and other typical materials found with animal waste. [40 CFR 302.3 (CFR 2013)]\n\n4. Feces, urine, or other excrement, digestive emission, urea, or similar substances emitted by animals (including any form of livestock, poultry, or fish). The term “animal waste” includes animal waste that is mixed or commingled with bedding, compost, feed, soil, or any other material typically found with such waste.",
  "references": [
    "Electronic Report on the Environment (eROE) Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 355.61 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 302.3 (CFR 2019)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/animal-waste/"
}