‘Nutri-Choice PK’ is a new, environmentally friendly fertiliser providing nutrients of natural, organic origin from a sustainable, renewable resource.

‘Nutri-Choice PK’ is the only agricultural fertiliser which is:

• primarily manufactured in Scotland;
• produced from farm waste;
• a genuinely sustainable recycling of farm waste to fertiliser.

How is ‘Nutri-Choice PK’ Produced?

• Deep litter poultry manure – 120,000 tonnes p.a. - is collected from poultry farms all over Scotland and the North of England and taken to the Westfield Biomass Power Station, Cardenden, Fife.
  
  
• At the power station the litter is incinerated at 850 degrees C in a world first, fluidised bed combustion system to generate electricity.
  
  
• The incineration of the litter produces ash – approximately 11,000 tonnes p.a.– which is rich in major nutrients and trace elements and has important properties as an agronomically effective fertiliser.

‘Green’ Project – Operated by ‘Blue Chip’ Companies

• The Westfield Biomass Plant is owned by Energy Power Resources (EPR) Scotland Ltd., a subsidiary of the UK’s leading renewable energy producer, Energy Power Resources (EPR) Ltd.
  
  
• The £22m development is 80% funded by capital from the Bank of Scotland.
  
  
• The Westfield Biomass Plant is operated by world leading energy-engineering company, Matsui Babcock.
  
  
• The ‘green’ electricity produced is sold at a premium to Scottish Power plc and Hydro Electric plc for use on the National Grid on long term contracts.
  
  
• The fertiliser is ‘conditioned’ to make it easy to handle, store and spread by R & M Gairns Ltd. of Stirling, a leading material handling operator.
  
  
• The ash by-product is an agronomically effective fertiliser, which is sold and marketed by Carrs Fertilisers, the UK’s most broad based fertiliser company.

Environmentally Sensitive Fertiliser

• The production of ‘Nutri-Choice PK’ involves taking a farm waste product – deep litter poultry manure – and converting it into two forms of ‘green’ energy:
        a) electricity, and
        b) fertiliser
  
  
• Both of these forms of energy are produced from a renewable, natural resource and contribute to a sustainable, environmentally sensitive cycle.
  
  
• ‘Nutri-Choice PK’ is produced and conditioned centrally in Fife and Stirling respectively. Both locations are directly on the motorway network and minimise transport and logistics, which means ‘Nutri-Choice PK’ contributes to ‘green miles’.
  
  
• No chemical processing is involved in the production of ‘Nutri-Choice PK’.
  
  
• There is no wastage involved in the production of ‘Nutri-Choice PK’.
  
  
• There are no bags, packaging or associated waste materials involved with‘Nutri-Choice PK’.

Safety and Integrity – Guaranteed

• The Westfield Biomass Power Station is operated under licence from Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) who continually monitor its operating procedures and standards.
  
  
• The conditions of the licence are continually exceeded in terms of combustion temperatures and combustion periods to ensure a safe, inert material.
  
  
• The station consistently runs to less than 33% of its permitted emissions.
  
  
• These safety and control procedures enable EPR to guarantee ‘Nutri-Choice PK’ as being a completely inert, pathogen free material.
  
  
• Every load is chemically analysed to determine its nutrient status. The results show a consistently high analysis – higher than that declared.
  
  
• Unlike some other biomass power stations in the UK, the Westfield plant only ever burns one type of waste - deep litter poultry manure. This means the product is consistent in terms of analysis and physical characteristics.

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