动物污水渗入河流的解决方案之一：将鸡粪变成肥料
钻石生技戮力于发掘对人类及环境产生实质优化的新颖医学及农业科技，于2018年与中兴大学合作，投资成立“地天泰农业生技”。地天泰农业生技由杨秋忠院士领军，淬鍊三十年来的研究成果，开发出以酵素取代微生物的快速处理技术，希望利用将这项农业生物科技的创新知识技术来解决目前产业所面临的问题。
One solution to animal sewage leaking into rivers: turn chicken poo into fertiliser
The process uses heat and enzymes, produces no emissions or smells and there is no waste, writes Dave Briant
Thu 29 Aug 2024 17.30 BST
‘A recycling plant in Shropshire can converts a ton of chicken manure into fertiliser/soil conditioner in only 3 hours.’
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Feargal Sharkey (Privatised water firms are imperilling our health and poisoning our rivers. Act now: flood the streets with rage, 21 August) didn’t mention animal sewage, in the form of runoff and leakage from farm and field, that also makes its way into our rivers. As far as chicken manure is a problem (it is), there is a solution.
There is a recycling plant in Crickheath, Shropshire, which converts a ton of chicken manure into immediately usable fertiliser/soil conditioner in only three hours. Drying and pelletising takes another two hours.
The process uses heat and enzymes, and produces no emissions or smells. There is no waste, as the carbon and nitrogen does not gas off. Bacteria are killed by the 80C heat.
The technology was invented and developed in Taiwan, where it has been widely used for years, so we know it works. A similar technology deals with food waste and oil palm waste in Indonesia, producing a soil conditioner which, by replenishing the soil, minimises further deforestation.
Shouldn’t this process be part of any environmental strategy in this country?
Dave Briant
Oswestry, Shropshire