Enva commences construction of fertiliser manufacturing facility
Leading recycling and resource recovery specialist, Enva, has commenced construction of a new facility that will manufacture agricultural fertiliser pellets containing Ammonium Sulphate (AMS) recovered by Enva from industrial liquid wastes. The €5m investment at Enva’s EPA* licenced facility in Greenogue, Dublin will be the first of its kind anywhere in the world and will utilise an innovative process developed in-house by Enva.
Once operational later this year, the facility will produce around 4,500 tonnes of fertiliser pellets a year for use in a range of applications including agriculture, horticulture and greenkeeping. The pellets are of a comparable physical specification to those manufactured from virgin resources but have a far lower environmental impact. In fact, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) shows Enva’s recycled product delivers a 98% reduction in carbon footprint when compared to virgin products which are highly carbon intensive to manufacture. They will also reduce the need to import the equivalent tonnage of virgin fertiliser into Ireland every year.
The project will involve several international technology partners lead by Titan Salt, a specialist in the design, fabrication, construction, installation and commissioning of mineral salt production facilities based in the Netherlands.
The project is one of many innovative developments Enva is making in full alignment with the circular economy objectives and adds to Enva’s suite of fully recovered resources that Enva produce to replace virgin products.
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*Environmental Protection Agency
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The project is one of many innovative developments Enva is making in full alignment with the circular economy objectives and adds to Enva’s suite of fully recovered resources that Enva produce to replace virgin products.