ANIMAL WASTE
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLWANT to safely destroy BSE-infection in specified risk material (SRM) from abattoirs? Well exposing it to 10,000C plasma and high levels of ultra violet light should do the trick. That's the principle behind mobile waste treatment technology being developed by the European Union-backed PLASMER project. It involves the injection of SRM directly into plasma, "to ensure complete and controlled treatment," said Jas Manik, sales manager for Tetronics, the UK partner in the initiative. He said this plasma technology is economically viable on a small ...
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