14 DAY TRIAL // Just recently, the Zoological Society in London announced the signing of a six-year contract with ACM Environmental Plc.
According to this green-oriented agreement, ACM Environmental Plc. is expected to collect the animal waste from the London Zoo and Whipsnade Safari Park, and use it both to make fertilizers, and as an environmentally friendly energy source.
Therefore, it can be argued that these two organizations help fight back ever-increasing levels of pollution and push for efficient ways of promoting waste reduction.
Moreover, it is expected that other individuals will also decide to get involved and close similar deal with ACM Environmental Plc.
As one of the company's representatives explains, “We want people to see that any form of organic waste is a resource. We want to get the message out there that there are options for processing this waste in a really environmentally friendly manner.”
He further adds, “If you have livestock, or are a food manufacturer, or work for an organization that produces organic waste material then waste to energy is now an option.”
Apparently, 98% of the manure coming from London Zoo and Whipsnade Safari Park will be collected and used for said purposes, so in the end it is a win-win situation both for human society and for the natural world. Business Green reports that ACM Environmental Plc. presently owns and uses a technology that allows it to make the most out of both herbivore and carnivore waste.
Thus, the first is used to produce fertilizers, whilst the second is converted into usable energy at several anaerobic digestion plants in Belvedere and Colnbrook.
From where we stand, such partnerships are more than welcomed, as they help both zoo employees or people working at farms in cleaning up the animals' enclosures, while in the same time lending a helping hand to the environment by making the most out of the green resources we have at our disposal.