| analysis of the slaughterhouses in galicia (nw spain). | in the last five years, slaughterhouses in galicia have been producing more than 350,000 tonnes of carcass per year (ministry of environmental and marine and rural media (marm), 2013). the main environmental problems derived from this economic activity are the high consumption of water, the generation of waste water with a high organic load and the intensive use of energy (electricity and fuel) (european commission, 2005). in this region of spain, there are seventy-one slaughterhouses but only 1 ... | 2014 | 24342494 |