How Liquid Waste Recycling Can Benefit Your Land
Farmers and Growers are under increasing pressure from consumers to produce safe and affordable food, whilst running environmentally and financially sustainable production systems. Providing crops with essential nutrients in the form of fertiliser is vital for healthy plant growth and profitable yield. However, manufactured fertilisers are sold in a volatile market and can be one of the largest costs on a farm. We are able to offer an alternative fertiliser that is sustainably sourced from the food and drinks industry, which provides the crop with vital Macro & Micro Nutrients, alongside building organic matter and returning carbon to the soil.
Below we will discuss the process of recycling liquid waste to agricultural land and explain how it can form a beneficial part of your nutrient plans.
Creating a Circular Sustainable Food System
Farmers grow crops to provide the food and drinks manufacturers with the resources they require to meet consumer demand. During manufacturing, there will be various components that are derived from processing the finished product; these could be wash waters or sludges which we refer to as “Waste”.
Although deemed as waste for consumption purposes these materials, when returned back to the land, provide the next generation of crops with vital nutrients – completing the circle of a sustainable food system.
Providing Agricultural Land with Vital Macro and Micro Nutrients.
Each waste is sustainably sourced from the food and drinks industry, where it is analysed regularly to ensure it has a useful source of nutrients and confers a justifiable agricultural benefit in its own right. A typical application supplies vital N, P, K and So3 in both readily available and slow-releasing forms. The crop can take up key nutrients immediately whilst having a supply in the soil to use over time, and build indices. Our applications also supply other secondary and trace elements, build up Organic-Matter and return carbon to the soil.
Protecting the Environment
All of our operations are carefully managed to ensure we protect our natural resources of water, soil and air. We comply with the Code of Good Agricultural Practice, Nitrate Vulnerable Zones, and Environmental Permitting regulations. We will only submit land that is suitable for deployment, which is authorised and regulated through the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales. Our Farm Liaison Managers monitor all aspects of our operations to include checking the product on-site is correct and consistent, field conditions are suitable for spreading and taking regular odour audits. By completing the circular sustainable food system, we are also reducing the need to landfill.
Cost-Effective
Our spreading operation comes at zero cost to the farmer. We have a symbiotic relationship with our farmers and landowners who permit us to spread onto their land, whilst receiving the beneficial nutrients from our wastes to grow their crops. We cover the cost and organise all aspects of soil sampling and deployment applications. We use our experienced team and a modern fleet of tankers and equipment to apply the nutrients to both your arable and grasslands requirements. This will reduce both the need to purchase and apply inorganic manufactured fertilisers, alongside the cost of spreading them.
Do you want to know more about how our liquid waste recycling can help your agricultural land? Get in touch with your local Farm Liaison Manager to discuss your needs.
