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Salmon Farming Will Be Able to Revalue Sludge and Consider It as a Byproduct

CHILE
Monday, July 29, 2024, 01:00 (GMT + 9)

SalmonChile Celebrates Publication of Sludge Regulations in Fish Farms

Salmon farming will be able to revalue these residues and consider them as by-products, also greatly reducing the carbon footprint that was produced by transporting them hundreds of kilometers to the landfills located in Los Lagos, Los Ríos and Biobío.

Source: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente de Chile

The SalmonChile association celebrated the recent publication in the Official Journal of the Regulation for the Management of Sludge Generated in Effluent Treatment Plants of Fish Farms, which recognizes that these can collaborate with the environment by being used as alternatives for the improvement of agricultural soils.

“We have been working with the various governments for 15 years to recognize that sludge can enhance degraded soils. In our productive sector, these residues are produced that have a high nutritional value, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen, which until before the publication of this Regulation and once it comes into force, that is, one year after publication in the Official Journal, are disposed of in landfills,” said the territorial representative of SalmonChile, Ricardo López.

Following the publication of the regulation, salmon farming will be able to revalue the sludge and consider it as a by-product, also greatly reducing the carbon footprint that was produced by moving it hundreds of kilometers to the landfills located in Los Lagos, Los Ríos and Biobío.

“With this, many small farmers will be able to improve their crops, so we are very happy to be able to collaborate as an industry in the development of the circular economy, which is in turn sustainable and compatible with environmental care,” said the representative of SalmonChile.

Source: SalmonChile (Translated from the original in Spanish)

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