D1.1 Report on the flow assessment, logistics and characterisation of animal manure and by-products

Abstract

This study was carried out as part of the European demonstration project FERTIMANURE funded by the H2020 Programme (project number 862849) titled Innovative nutrient recovery from secondary sources – Production of high-added value FERTIlisers from animal MANURE. The work carried out for this deliverable is part of FERTIMANURE work package 1 (WP1), of FERTIMANURE framework. This deliverable is based on the activities of Task 1.1 Flow assessment, logistics and characterisation of animal manure and by-products. This task and deliverable, led by LEITAT, has the main objective of identifying and quantifying current manure production in the participating European Union (EU) countries and regions. Firstly, an overview of manure nutrient production for the whole of Europe is addressed. This is partly based on the thorough work of the Nutri2Cycle project (H2020). The FERTIMANURE project takes advantage of this valuable resource as the starting point for a more detailed analysis at the level of the participating regions, which is the special added value the present deliverable 1.1. The following sections provide detailed information about the amounts and nutrient flows of manure resources in the EU regions considered in FERTIMANURE. These sections compile data from EU countries where FERTIMANURE has pilot plants, formatted in a standardized format for unification and processing in order to have a complete vision of manure generation and management costs. On the one hand, this has involved providing data on livestock densities in each region and the amounts of nutrients generated by the sector in each regional case. This first activity has the objective of quantifying and detecting the flows of manure resources in the project regions where livestock farming intensification is generating large amounts of manure. This is accompanied by informative maps of the animal densities and nutrient densities within each region. Next, detailed information is given about the chemical composition of the considered livestock manures (cow, pig, and chicken). This is data provided by each partner, and helps characterize the differences between EU regions and the particularities of manure management in this regard. Finally, data on current manure treatments and transport costs was compiled. This information can be used to contrast treatment options with transport out of nutrient hot spots and the costs of operation and business models considered in the project. Due to the inclusion of CELAC partners, information from Argentina has been collected and reported in Annex II, so that the information may be exploited in the CELAC region.