Recovery and Use of Nutrients, Energy and Organic Matter from Animal Waste (ReUseWaste)

摘要

Global livestock production has increased dramatically on a global scale, and changes in production systems have resulted in increased pollution of air, aquifers, surface waters and soil. A major sustainability concern is also the uncoupling of the sites of animal feed production and animal production, through the (mainly economic) driving forces specialisation, intensification and up-scaling. This leads to surplus amounts of animal manure in areas where livestock are produced, often in excess of what can be utilized for crop fertilisation (Sommer et al., 2013). Evidently it is necessary for the agricultural livestock industry to develop new environmental technologies to meet global challenges related to environmental impact and sustainability.