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Unedited Transcript This man in The Netherlands is combining farming and science to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions, as well as generate extra revenue from these livestock.
He uses the waste from 2,700 pigs at Sterksel Research Centre to produce electricity.
SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) John Horrevorts, Manager of Praktijkcentrum Pig Farm: "At this moment we are
producing enough electricity at our bio-gas installation for 1,500 households and for that we are using all the
pig muck from our farm. So in total we produce about five-thousand mega watts a year."
The farm uses the electricity it needs, and feeds the rest into the national grid, for which the government pays
up to $238 US dollars per megawatt as a green energy subsidy.
United Nations scientists say farming and forestry account for more than 30 percent of the greenhouse gases
that are gradually heating the Earth.
Much of that pollution comes from cattle, sheep and pigs that belch or excrete methane, a heat-trapping gas
more than 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, the most common global warming gas.
One way to deal with the problem is to make use of it and burn it.
The waste from the pigs at Sterksel Research Centre drops through slats in the floor.
The slurry is then channeled into three, four-thousand cubic meter tanks, mixed into a thick paste with other
organic waste, and then broken down by bacteria.
Together with four other commercial farms, the group reportedly saves 40-thousand tons of carbon emissions
per year, which can be sold as credits for nearly $7 US dollars per ton to offset carbon emissions.
Though operating expenses for the biogas plant are considerable, the combination of electricity savings, power
production and carbon credits makes it profitable.
SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) John Horrevorts, Manager of Praktijkcentrum Pig Farm: "I expect that this technique will
excel in the coming three years. The technology used is becoming more and more advanced and efficient and
because of that it is getting easier for a farmer to use it on his farm."
About 50 commercial biogas plants are operating on farms across the Netherlands, and the practice is
spreading across industrial livestock farms around the world.
This little piggy goes to oil market
By Melissa Mahony | Apr 18, 2010 | 3 Comments
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Pig waste is a pungent problem for many neighbors of large livestock farms. The feces can also
pollute waterways and carry disease. And with more than 65 million pigs in the United States—each
Enough that a Missouri town has begun paving roads with it (so much for gold…).
Yes, pig feces currently comprises about 500 yards of North Outer Rd. nearby Interstate-44. Not in
its pure form, but as an asphalt binder. This is thanks to researchers at the University of Illinois who
have learned how to make crude oil from it.
Yuanhui Zhang, a professor of bio-environmental engineering, is reforming the organic compounds
of swine manure into oil through thermochemical conversion (TCC). By applying the right
temperature and pressure to the feces, Zhang and his research team can accomplish in 40 minutes
what takes nature millions of years to do (though at a much smaller scale).
Steve Giegerich reports for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Researchers achieved an average of 70 percent conversion from swine manure volatile solids to oil.
At that conversion efficiency, the manure excreted by one pig during the production cycle could
produce up to 21 gallons of crude oil.
What’s more, a swine farm producing 10,000 market hogs per year could produce 5,000 barrels of
crude oil per year.
Via multiple TCC reactors, the excrement (which does not need to be dried) becomes crude oil.
Engineering company Innoventorhas made asphalt from it. But according to Zhang, they can further
process and refine the oil to having a heating capacity of 80 percent of diesel fuel.
More research and a pilot plant are needed before discerning whether the financial inputs will justify
hog outputs as an energy source.
Via: Cleantechnica
Images: Flickr/thornypup
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effective.
The raising of
pigs in
American
Samoa
represents an
important part
during a variety
of social events, from birthdays to funerals and from weddings to farewell parties.
However, pigpen (piggery) waste disposal has been largely uncontrolled, resulting
in volumes of untreated pig urine and feces contaminating drinking water, streams,
and nearshore ocean water. The impacts of pig waste on human health and water
quality are now critical, and illness and death due to pig-related disease are
documented.
piggeries, educate piggery owners on safe practices for the raising of pigs, and
enforce the current regulations. The goal of the program is to legalize those
piggeries that are compliant with current regulations and to relocate or remove all
In a country where physical addresses do not exist, GPS and GIS technologies were
essential for the success of this program. The exact location of each piggery was
acquired using GPS units, while information regarding each piggery was easily
American Samoa is a U.S. territory located in the South Pacific between Hawaii and
New Zealand. It is made up of five islands and two atolls with a population of
60,000 people, most of whom live along the coast of the main island, Tutuila
traditional customs and a subsistence economy until the 1960s, when President
Kennedy made
funds available
to modernize
population has
tripled since
stream water
household
chores is now
contaminated by
fecal bacteria.
The same map after fieldwork. The
In April 2006, surveyor wrote notes on piggery and solid
waste locations, as well as indicated
ASEPA
major buildings (such as churches) and
personnel and the location of the piggery owner's house.
volunteers from
other agencies
(a total of about 30 persons) were trained to use the three Trimble XP GPS units
available. They visited each house and road of the territory, recording piggery and
solid waste locations, educating piggery owners, and collecting piggery and owner
information.
ArcView was used in the two different phases of the piggery compliance program:
Before the fieldwork, the teams were given paper maps of the area to survey, where
they wrote notes on piggeries and solid waste locations and checked the visited
houses one by one. This step was very important in case of GPS failure or misuse.
QuickBird satellite images were also used to identify structures that did not appear
in the available GIS shapefiles.
Pathfinder Office software was used to create a data dictionary to assure the
systematic and correct collection of the data for each piggery. It was also used at the
end of each working day to download, differentially correct, and export the data into
correct wrong locations (the point was taken at a distance from the piggery) and
which only 3 percent were compliant with current regulations. After the
inventory/education phase, spatial analysis was used to identify those piggeries that
represented a major threat to human health, focusing on those located within 50 feet
of streams in highly populated villages. The database was also enlarged to contain
The
geodatabase is
essential for a
rapid retrieval
of data, and it is
used to identify
and relocate
piggeries after
complaints and
to track
The attribute table is used to identify
warnings, piggeries.
citations,
relocation, and removal of piggeries during the enforcement phase of the program
(phase 2).
The GPS/GIS approach to this project proved to be time efficient and cost-effective.
having two to three teams always ready for fieldwork, and the easy interface of
This same approach is now being applied to the enforcement of illegal solid waste
locate and eradicate sources of pollution in a limited time frame and with limited
financial resources.
With livestock farmers on both sides of the family, I thought all manure was eco-friendly up to a point.
But domesticated pigs have excess phosphorus in both their urine and feces, which does awful things
to the water supply and organisms living in the water. Now researchers in Canada have developed a
genetically-altered “Enviropig” that produces plenty of the enzyme a pig needs to process phosphorus.
To fix this problem, the scientists tinkered with the swine’s genes to make the pig produce its own
phytase in its salivary glands. When the cereal grains are consumed, they mix with the phytase in the
saliva, and throughout the pig’s digestive tract the enzyme works to break down the phosphorous in
the food. With more phosphorus retained within the body, the amount excreted in waste is reduced by
almost 65 percent, say researchers.
The researchers who created the Enviropig say it’s not just eco-friendly, but it also cut farmers’ feed-
supplement costs. If the pigs eventually become common, they could also help U.S. farmers comply
with “zero discharge” rules that forbid pork producers from releasing nitroge
Article 1
General Provisions
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as
the "Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000."
(c) Set guidelines and targets for solid waste avoidance and
volume reduction through source reduction and waste
minimization measures, including composting, recycling, re-
use, recovery, green charcoal process, and others, before
collection, treatment and disposal in appropriate and
environmentally sound solid waste management facilities in
accordance with ecologically sustainable development
principles;
(d) Ensure the proper segregation, collection, transport,
storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste through the
formulation and adoption of the best environmental practice
in ecological waste management excluding incineration;
Article 2
Definition of Terms
Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act:
(a) Agricultural waste shall refer to waste generated from
planting or harvesting of crops, trimming or pruning of
plants and wastes or run-off materials from farms or fields;
(t) Open dump shall refer to a disposal area wherein the solid
wastes are indiscriminately thrown or disposed of without
due planning and consideration for environmental and
Health standards;
CHAPTER II
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM
(11) Review every two (2) years or as the need arises the
Provincial Solid Waste Management Plan for purposes of
ensuring its sustainability, viability, effectiveness and
relevance in relation to local and international development
in the field of solid waste management; and
(7) Review every two (2) years or as the need arises the City
or Municipal Solid Waste Management Plan for purposes of
ensuring its sustainability, viability, effectiveness and
relevance in relation to local and international
developments in the field of solid waste management;
CHAPTER III
COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Article 1
General Provisions
Sec. 14. National Solid Waste Management Status Report. - The
Department, in coordination with the DOH and other concerned
agencies, shall within six (6) months after the effectivity of this
Act, prepare a National Solid Waste Management Status Report
which shall be used as a basis in formulating the National Solid
Waste Management Framework provided in Sec. 15 of this Act.
The concerned agencies shall submit to the Department relevant
data necessary for the completion of the said report within three
(3) months following the effectivity of this Act. The said report
shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(a) Inventory of existing solid waste facilities;
(p) The method and procedure for the phaseout and the
eventual closure within eighteen (18) months from the
effectivity of this Act in case of existing open dumps and/or
sanitary landfills located within an aquifer, groundwater
reservoir or watershed area.
Article 2
Segregation of Wastes
Sec. 21. Mandatory Segregation of Solid Wastes. - The LGUs
shall evaluate alternative roles for the public and private sectors
in providing collection services, type of collection system, or
combination of systems, that best meet their needs: Provided,
That segregation of wastes shall primarily be conducted at the
source, to include household, institutional, industrial,
commercial and agricultural sources: Provided, further; That
wastes shall be segregated into the categories provided in Sec. 22
of this Act.
Article 3
Collection and Transport of Solid Wastes
Sec. 23. Requirements for Collection of Solid Wastes. - The
following shall be the minimum standards and requirements for
the collection of solid waste:
The siting of the transfer station shall consider the land use plan,
proximity to collection area, and accessibility of haul routes to
disposal facility. The design shall give primary consideration to
size and space sufficiency in order to accommodate the waste for
storage and vehicles for loading and unloading of wastes.
Article 4
Recycling Program
Sec. 26. Inventory of Existing Markets for Recyclable Materials. -
The DTI shall within six (6) months from the effectivity of this
Act and in cooperation with the Department, the DILG and other
concerned agencies and sectors, publish a study of existing
markets for processing and purchasing recyclable materials and
the potential steps necessary to expand these markets. Such
study shall include, but not be limited to, an inventory of existing
markets for recyclable materials, product standards for recyclable
and recycled materials, and a proposal, developed in conjunction
with the appropriate agencies, to stimulate the demand for the
production of products containing post consumer and recovered
materials.
Article 5
Composting
Sec. 34. Inventory of Markets of Composts. - Within six (6)
months after the effectivity of this Act, the DA shall publish an
inventory of existing markets and demands for composts. Said
inventory shall thereafter be updated and published
annually: Provided, That the composting of agricultural wastes
and other compostable materials, including but not limited to
garden wastes, shall be encouraged.
Article 6
Waste Management Facilities
Sec. 36. Inventory of Waste Disposal Facilities. - Within six (6)
months from the effectivity of this Act, the Department, in
cooperation with the DOH, DILG and other concerned agencies,
shall publish an inventory of all solid waste disposal facilities or
sites in the country.
(a) The site selected must be consistent with the overall land
use plan of the LGU;
(d) The site must be chosen with regard for the sensitivities
of the community’s residents;
(d) Signs:
(i) Safe and adequate drinking water supply for the site
personnel shall be available;
Article 7
Local Government Solid Waste Management
Sec. 43. Guidelines for Identification of Common Solid Waste
Management Problems. - For purposes of encouraging and
facilitating the development of local government plans for solid
waste management, the Commission shall, as soon as practicable
but not later than six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act,
publish guidelines for the identification of those areas which have
common solid waste management problems and are appropriate
units for clustered solid waste management services. The
guidelines shall be based on the following:
CHAPTER IV
INCENTIVES
CHAPTER V
FINANCING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The fees shall be used to pay the actual costs incurred by the LGU
in collecting the local fees. In determining the amounts of the
fees, an LGU shall include only those costs directly related to the
adoption and implementation of the plan and the setting and
collection of the local fees.
CHAPTER VI
PENAL PROVISIONS
(c) Any person who violates Section 48, pars. (4), (5), (6) and (7)
shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than
One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) but not more than Three
thousand pesos (P3,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than
fifteen (15) day but to not more than six (6) months, or both;
(d) Any person who violates Section 48, pars (8), (9), (10) and (11)
for the first time shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of Five
hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) plus and amount not less
than five percent (5%) but not more than ten percent (10%) of his
net annual income during the previous year.
(e) Any person who violates Section 48, pars. (12) and (13) shall,
upon conviction, be punished with a fine not less than Ten
thousand pesos (P10,000.00) but not more than Two hundred
thousand pesos (P200,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than
thirty (30) days but not more than three (3) years, or both;
(f) Any person who violates Section 48, pars. (14), (15) and (16)
shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine not less than One
hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) but not more than One
million pesos (P1,000,000.00), or imprisonment not less than one
(1) year but not more than six (6) years, or both.
CHAPTER VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
The Court shall exempt such action from the payment of filing
fees and statements likewise, upon prima facie showing of the
non-enforcement or violation complained of, exempt the plaintiff
from the filing of an injunction bond for the issuance of
preliminary injunction.
In the event that the citizen should prevail, the Court shall award
reasonable attorney’s fees, moral damages and litigation costs as
appropriate.
This provision shall also apply and benefit public officers who are
sued for acts committed in their official capacity, there being no
grave abuse of authority, and done in the course of enforcing this
Act.
Sec. 66. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.
BY BUILDAROO CREW : APRIL 20, 2010
Seeking creative solutions to renewable energy sources has lead researchers into barnyards to
collect cow manure, chicken poop and pig manure to discover new resources — but what about
human poop? Scientist believe this infinitely renewable resource could create a 'closed loop system'
to power entire communities, if they can just get the public to accept it. Anaerobic digesters in UK
trials have proven to be effective in generating biomethane from human poop, and the fuel that is
returned to homes and businesses smells just like natural gas.
As long as people continue to eat, human poop will continue to be a renewable resource that could
well lead to the long sought after 'no waste holy grail.'
British Gas has partnered with the Scotia Gas Networks and Thames Water to service 130 customers
in Oxfordshire with biomethane created from their sewage. Their system separates water from
sewage sludge and sends it to anaerobic digesters to create a methane gas. The methane is then
activated with fertilizer and processed in a biogas plant that pumps it back into the national grid.
The questions is, will consumers be open to using their own poop for power?
Source: bbc
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