July, 17, 2014

Agri-Tech company BHSL has obtained the first UK approval for use of unprocessed poultry manure as a fuel in combustion as the implementation rules 142/2011 came into law under EU regulation 1069/2009 from July 15, 2014.

BHSL's FBC system will be implemented at Uphouse Farm  in Norfolk after collaboration with a number of institutions including DEFRA, the environment agency, AHVLA. The system was used to test and verify the implementing rules for the complete manure combustion process - this included manure handling, storage, combustion, emissions management and ash management. The process is patented across 28 EU Member states.

BHSL is now on target to deliver commercial solutions for poultry growers. However, there is still an issue with getting the resultant ash reclassified, so it too could be used on farm without having to go through expensive waste controls. One way of addressing the problem would be via a review of the fertiliser regulations, currently under way in Brussels. But that would take another two years and both the NFU and BHSL urged Eustice to press for a faster solution.