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WORLDS POULTRY SCIENCE JOURNAL
Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages 223-231Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1017/S0043933907001420
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vermiculture; composting; direct combustion; anaerobic digestion; closed loop system; nutrient loop closure; integrated bio-systems
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The global poultry industry is undergoing many changes, one being the need for efficient disposal of its broiler litter (BL) due to a reduction in the land available for cost effective disposal. To date, Australian BL disposal has been achieved by selling the litter as a fertiliser to agricultural sectors. Research indicates BL and other poultry industry waste streams could be used as a food source for vermiculture systems, allowing the sale of vermi-cast as a biologically enhanced fertiliser and worms for protein. If this approach is economically viable then the poultry industry could reduce its environmental impact and operate more like a closed loop system. Integrated bio-systems using vermiculture, composting and waste-to-energy technologies have developed significantly overseas and have shown potential to solve many of the issues associated with poultry waste disposal.
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