Only in Spain, there are more than 14.000 registered farms with 14.440.000 kg of chicken droppings being generated per day. It is an extremely valuable resource and one of the finest organic fertilizers available. It is also true that not all chicken farms are able to deal with the abundant residues left by this chicken manure. The trend in chicken farms is that large ones increase and small farms decrease due to low profitability or the high cost of maintaining them. To make farms more competitive and sustainable, it is necessary to find treatments for this by-product.

The problem is that the manure is not recycled, so it starts to pile up. This leads to a lot of flies and an unpleasant smell. The farmers are struggling with this problem because they can’t cope with a large number of chicken droppings and their business is lost. In order to solve this problem, it is better to look for a novel treatment solution for the by-product that can improve the competitiveness and sustainability of chicken farms.