Abstract
An amount of at least 1.000 mio.tons of slurry from animal husbandry in Europe should, based upon environmental considerations, be subject to centralised treatment in order to recycle nitrogen and utilise the energy potential.
The process technologies until now are lacking behind in order to fulfill ecological requirements to nitrogen recycling and utilisation for fertilising purposes, whereas the energetic utilisation by means of biological processes has been highly developed.
The existing paradox, where costs of BOD reduction in urban areas are accepted to be over 100 times higher than what is allowed in the animal husbandry sector, even under very negative ecological impacts by denitrification and high consumption of fossil energy, can only be overcomed through sector integrated waste treatment allowing energy neutral operations etc..
The NRS–SEABORNE technology should be a modern innovative mean to go for in urban/agricultural integration within waste treatment, ensuring ecological sustainability as well as clear advantages expressed in pure financial terms at the moment.
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Hedegaard, M., Krüger, I. (1996). Composting of Agricultural Waste in Denmark — in Respect of Potential, Industrial Process Technology and Environmental Considerations. In: de Bertoldi, M., Sequi, P., Lemmes, B., Papi, T. (eds) The Science of Composting. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1569-5_66
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