Chicken poop incineration

[Alan Muller <amuller@dca.net>]

Dear Colleagues:

This may be slightly off-topic, but ....

There is a major push in Delaware (Maryland) to promote the "incineration" of chicken manure/litter as a solution to the water quality problems associated with applying the stuff in excess to fields and letting it sit around in piles.  A British firm, Fibrowatt, is promoting this in the US and they seem to have secured the endorsement of plenty of local interests.  Two plants are operating in England.

Has anyone looked into this in any detail?  I am interested in both the relative merits of various approaches to poop management and the implications of incineration per se.  What constituents of concern--aside from the obvious products of combustion--should be looked at?

Thanks for any info you can provide.

Alan Muller
Green Delaware