One solution to animal sewage: chicken poo can be turned into fertiliser | Letter

The process uses heat and enzymes, produces no emissions or smells and there is no waste, writes Dave BriantFeargal 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. Continue reading...