A framework for assessing the impact of the IPPC directive on the performance of the pig industry

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 325 - 333
• Main Authors: Pellini, Tiago, Morris, Joe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2001; Elsevier; Academic Press Ltd
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animal Husbandry; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Benefit cost analysis; Biological and medical sciences; Conservation of Natural Resources; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Environment; Environmental impact studies; Environmental management; Environmental policy; EU directives; Europe; Food industries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Guideline Adherence; Hogs; Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control; Manure; Pig breeding; Pigs; pigs, IPPC, environment, cost: benefit analysis; Pollution and sludges; Pollution control; Public Policy; Regulation; Sustainable development; Swine; Water Pollution - economics; Water Pollution - prevention & control; United Kingdom; Europe; European Union; British Isles; pigs, IPPC, environment, cost: benefit analysis; Production system; Pollution control; Legislation; Pollution prevention; Cost benefit analysis; Pig; Production management; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Pollution control organization; Environment impact; Artiodactyla; Economic impact; Animal production; Environmental monitoring; Ungulata
• ISSN: 0301-4797; 1095-8630
• DOI: 10.1006/jema.2001.0501

New European Union legislation on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) is being implemented in the United Kingdom, enacted by the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and its statutory instruments, the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000. This legislation incorporates previously unregulated installations in the food and intensive livestock sectors, such as pig installations above a given threshold size. IPPC requires that installations adopt Best Available Techniques and follow General Binding Rules of good practice in order to manage their environmental effects. IPPC has significant potential impacts for both the environmental and financial performance of the pig industry. In this context, the paper discusses the IPPC implementation process as it applies to the sector and presents a methodological framework for assessing the environmental and cost benefit implications of the new regulations.