Brown County Waste Transformation Initiative (BCWTI) lab video taken at FEECO International, Inc.
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The Brown County Waste Transformation Project (BCWTP) is a feasibility study to find economic and environmental solutions for farmers and industries that land apply wate. Agriculture is a $3 billion a year industry in Brown County which provides jobs for 10 percent of the workforce creating an income of $844.5 million in Brown County. The BCWTP is a project that will sustain and even grow this industry. Brown County faces three primary challenges:
FEECO has developed solutions to minimize and control Phosphates from entering the watershed via Agricultural, Municipal, and Industrial processes.  Bay Business Journal Vol 17 #3 (June / July 2009) Humans do it, animals do it, factories do it. Even cells do it. Producing waste is just one of those unavoidable evils – right up there with facing our mortality and being accountable to the Internal Revenue Service. But what happens to all the waste we and our fellow biological beings produce, and – no pun intended — where do we go with it? The Brown County Waste Transformation Initiative (BCWTI) has come up with a possible answer: Process it and sell it around the world as nutrient-rich, pathogen-free fertilizer nuggets. By Judy Brown Correspondent Chilton, WI (February 4, 2009) – With the highest cattle density in northeastern Wisconsin and urban sprawl sprawling, Brown County has accelerated its investigation into how to handle growing amounts of dairy manure and industrial wastes spread on a diminishing land base. Applying waste on limited crop acreage has led to groundwater contamination issues and pollution problems of lower Green Bay. The solution lies in a value-added pelleted fertilizer, county officials said Jan. 30 at the quarterly meeting of the Glacierland Resource Conservation and Development Council. |
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