Virginia pilot project underway to convery poultry litter to biodiesel

In Virginia, a project to produce biofuels from turkey and chicken waste enters the pilot phase. A demonstration farm in the Shenandoah will be the site for the test of a mobile poultry litter collection device that will convert the waste to biodiesel.

Poultry waste is on ongoing concern in Virginia where litter from the $830 million industry has been blamed for water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. The test is funded by $1 million in grants from the federal government, the Virginia Poultry Federation, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and other interest groups.

A prototype unit was successfully built and tested at Virginia Tech earlier this year.

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