BROWNFIELD TRAILBLAZER SITE FIRST TO PRODUCE GREEN BIOFUELS

摘要

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has announced the first two trailblazer sites to use high quality compost to regenerate brownfield land for biofuel production. The former landfill sites, at Lumley North and Coxhoe East, will use up to 1,000 tonnes of BSI PAS 100:2005 compost per hectare to improve the poor quality topsoil, which will then be planted with short rotation coppice willow. The fast growing willow will then be harvested and used in biofuel production -a sustainable fuel resource that will provide energy for the local area. Assessment of the establishment and yield from the willow grown in compost will be compared to the same crop under conventional agricultural conditions grown in the same area, to determine whether low-value sites, such as former landfills, can generate cost effective biofuels using organic materials.