Zoning Policies

An increasingly common policy adopted to minimise the impact of pollution is the siting of livestock production and processing enterprises in specific locations. In this way, polluting operations can be located away from water courses, the density of operations and the processing procedures that are used can be more easily controlled, while infrastructure, such as common effluent treatment plants and waste collection facilities, can be established.

Zoning policies are adopted not only for environmental and human health reasons but also to assist regional development. While zoning strategies are widely regarded as the most feasible and realistic solution to the problem of waste management and effluent treatment, their history has been mixed, in part because high investment costs can be incurred, while logistical and political factors can create problems. The most severe zoning strategy is that of Singapore which completely prohibits animal production.

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