Sentences with phrase «livestock waste»

So the problems in managing livestock waste are shared by all the regions involved in the project.

In India, a broad increase in fertilizer use coupled with large contributions from livestock waste have resulted in the world's highest concentrations of atmospheric ammonia.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture extends the deadline on a program that could see more farmers, especially those in the dairy industry, turning livestock waste into energy.

«As part of its ethical policy, Ecotricity has pledged that all of its green gas will come from existing organic waste sources that would otherwise be put into landfill, and will not include livestock waste or material from potentially damaging sources such as palm oil.»

The avoidance of livestock waste may come as surprise to some, but Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince is a committed vegan who has spoken out many times about the impact of livestock farming on the environment.

AgSTAR promotes the use of biogas recovery systems to reduce methane emissions from livestock waste.

Agricultural air pollution comes mainly in the form of ammonia, which enters the air as a gas from heavily fertilized fields and livestock waste.

«Management programs to reduce the effects of excess nutrients in the water have largely focused on land - based sources, such as human and livestock waste, agriculture, and stormwater runoff,» said Gary Wikfors, Milford Laboratory Director and co-author of the study.

Farmland runoff containing fertilizers and livestock waste is the main source of the nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients that cause the annual Chesapeake Bay hypoxic region, which is also known as a dead zone.

Agricultural air pollution comes mainly in the form of ammonia, which enters the air as a gas from heavily fertilized fields and livestock waste.