Jonawan@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoGovernment cuts leave UK facing chicken waste crisiswww.thebureauinvestigates.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12
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minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 days agoI’m guessing it’s the ‘bedding materials’ that are the issue? Chicken ‘urine’ is already directly Urea and chicken poop is fertilizer (especially important considering the straits right now?) Edit: Britain has apparently has ‘nitrogen pollution’ issue - have they tried growing crops? Alternatively, send it all over to Australia, nitrogen depletion is a major issue here.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoIt might be a space issue. Bedding is pretty commonly sawdust. Composting takes time, so you need land to store a year or so worth of waste .
I’m guessing it’s the ‘bedding materials’ that are the issue?
Chicken ‘urine’ is already directly Urea and chicken poop is fertilizer (especially important considering the straits right now?)
Edit: Britain has apparently has ‘nitrogen pollution’ issue - have they tried growing crops?
Alternatively, send it all over to Australia, nitrogen depletion is a major issue here.
It might be a space issue. Bedding is pretty commonly sawdust. Composting takes time, so you need land to store a year or so worth of waste .