Huitema: 'Animal manure must be given more space'

And Bertus, who is going to pay for all this??

Let's start with a critical import policy in terms of raw materials and foodstuffs, so first stop with CETA, TAFTA etc.

Fine, Hans, to first stop with CETA and TTIP (we don't participate in TAFTA anyway).

Who is going to pay for closing the cycle, you wonder?

Many sewers were constructed in the XNUMXs and will need to be replaced in the coming years, starting in peat bogs. That may also be the time to rearrange toilets and sewers so that faeces and urine can be separated. Most drug residues and pesticide residues are in urine. Energy can then be extracted from this and the so-called green minerals can be recovered.
With the financial income from this, the transition and processing costs can be paid.

In this way, the use and therefore also the energy-consuming production of fertilizer can in principle be reduced to zero. This results in an enormous reduction in CO2 emissions.

Correction: ....so that faeces and urine can be collected separately.

Bertus, ask if Huitema is also stepping out of those treaties, he is already close to the fire.....

But already have citizens pay for the energy transition of their homes, and then also tackle the drain side?
Everyone knows that mineral recovery is ten times more expensive than mining the minerals. If the farmer has to pay for this, the food price will also reach a much higher level, especially without the price pressure of unlimited imports.

I don't think Jan with the Pet's wallet will take any of that.

With regard to CO2 emissions, maybe Huitema can also have the kerosene and fuel oil taxed?

What cycle do you see in the combustion of chicken manure?

Burning chicken manure costs a lot of energy and a lot of CO2 is released. So that is not sustainable. Chicken manure - provided it is free of antibiotics and residues of chemical pesticides - is in principle suitable for application to arable land in the spring due to its relatively high N content.

If artificial fertilizer substitutes (green minerals) are no longer counted as manure according to the law, more space can be created for spreading ordinary manure.

How do you see sewage sludge being given a place in the cycle?
Also taking into account the requirements of the customers etc

What is the definition of fertilizer? Is that a fertilizer form that has been produced artificially (energy-consuming production) and/or waste products that contain, for example, N