Poultry Manure Dryer Manufacturer in South Africa
See how we dry Poultry ManureLooking for poultry manure dryer manufacturers in South Africa? STRONGA builds FlowDrya lines to order at its Hertfordshire works and supplies them to South Africa — see the regulatory and economic context below.
FlowDrya poultry manure dryers are built to order at STRONGA's Hertfordshire works and supplied to South African broiler and layer operations, though no FlowDrya litter line is documented in the country yet. Poultry litter is a high-volume organic residue: wet, odorous and quick to lose nitrogen as ammonia. Drying it to a low, even moisture stabilises the material, cuts odour and pathogens, and concentrates its nutrients into a transportable fertiliser or a solid fuel. Because litter is an organic waste, its treatment answers to the national norms and standards for organic waste under Act 59 of 2008, and in provinces phasing organics off landfill by 2027 a treated, dry product is the compliant way to move it off farm.
Supplying South Africa
We supply South Africa from our Hertfordshire works — we have no documented Poultry Manure installation in South Africa yet.
Regulatory context
The National Environmental Management: Waste Act (Act 59 of 2008) is the framework statute for waste, built on the waste hierarchy; a listed waste management activity — including the treatment, recovery or processing of waste and the operation of a landfill — may not be undertaken without a waste management licence, so a drying-and-recovery operation is authorised through that licensing regime rather than tipped to landfill by default.
Source: https://www.gov.za/documents/national-environmental-management-waste-act · checked 2026-08
Organic residues are governed by the National Norms and Standards for the treatment of organic waste, published under the Waste Act in Government Notice 275 (Government Gazette 44340, 2021); the norms set treatment requirements for composting and anaerobic digestion and define the digestate that remains after a biodegradable feedstock is digested, the quality regime a dried fibre, manure or organic amendment answers to before it leaves site.
Source: https://www.dffe.gov.za/sites/default/files/legislations/nemwa_organicwastetreatment_normsandstandards_g44340gon275.pdf · checked 2026-08
The Western Cape is phasing organic waste out of landfill, targeting a 50 per cent diversion of organics in 2022 and a full ban by 2027, enforced pragmatically through conditions written into each landfill's waste management licence — so an operator that keeps generating wet organic residue must find a treatment and recovery route, and drying is the step that makes that residue storable and marketable.
Source: https://www.esi-africa.com/features-analysis/western-cape-bans-organic-waste-in-landfills/ · checked 2026-08
The National Waste Management Strategy 2020 sets the policy direction, applying the waste hierarchy and a circular-economy approach that prioritises recovery — including energy recovery from organic and other waste ahead of disposal — the national basis on which dried, waste-derived and biomass fuels are treated as resources rather than as material for burial.
Source: https://www.dffe.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/2020nationalwaste_managementstrategy1.pdf · checked 2026-08
Applicable standards: EN ISO 21640, EN ISO 17225-4, EN ISO 18134, NEM:WA organic-waste norms (GN 275).
Economic context
Carbon carries a real and rising price: under the Carbon Tax Act (Act 15 of 2019) the rate rose to R308 per tonne of CO2 equivalent from 1 January 2026, the start of Phase 2, and is legislated to climb to R462 per tonne by 2030 — so every tonne of coal a dried, waste-derived or biomass fuel displaces avoids both the fuel bill and a growing carbon-tax liability.
Source: https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/south-africa/corporate/other-taxes · checked 2026-08
Bought-in electricity is dear and getting dearer: NERSA approved a 12.74 per cent Eskom tariff increase for direct customers from 1 April 2025, on top of years of above-inflation rises and an unreliable grid — which favours drying systems built around recovered kiln, boiler or process heat rather than grid electricity.
Source: https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/electricity-and-energy-ministry-notes-nersa-electricity-tariff-decision · checked 2026-08
Worked illustration (assumptions stated):
Drying converts a manure-handling liability into a saleable product. A dry, stabilised litter carts economically to arable growers as a concentrated organic fertiliser, or burns as a solid fuel that displaces coal – and coal now carries a carbon tax of R308 per tonne of CO2 equivalent, rising to R462 by 2030. Powering the dryer is the cost to control: with a 12.74 per cent Eskom increase from 2025 and an unreliable grid, running the FlowDrya on recovered heat keeps operating costs down. Avoiding the disposal and haulage of wet litter, especially where landfill bans on organics are tightening, is the first saving. Assumptions: nutrient value, offtake and heat source are site-specific.
Figures are indicative and were last reviewed August 2026; energy and disposal prices move — contact us for a current assessment.
Poultry Manure Dryer Manufacturer in South Africa — FAQ
Is there a FlowDrya litter dryer in the country?
Not yet. We will not claim a local reference we do not hold; our proven FlowDrya lines dry digestate, bark and woodchip in Britain on the same platform a poultry operation here would take.
How does drying reduce odour and ammonia loss?
Wet litter ferments and volatilises nitrogen as ammonia. Taking it quickly to a low, even moisture halts that activity, locks in the nutrients and removes the smell that makes wet litter hard to store or move.
Which rules cover poultry litter reuse here?
As an organic waste, litter treatment falls under the national norms and standards for organic waste and needs a waste management licence under Act 59 of 2008; a dried, documented product is far easier to place as a fertiliser.
What can dried litter be used for?
Depending on grade, a concentrated organic fertiliser for arable and horticultural growers, or a solid biofuel. Dry, friable litter blends and freights far better than wet manure.
Does drying litter help the farm's energy bill?
It can. Burned in place of coal, dried litter offsets a carbon tax of R308 per tonne of CO2 equivalent and rising, and the dryer itself can run on recovered heat rather than costly grid power.
Does dried litter address biosecurity concerns?
Thermal drying reduces the moisture, pathogens and viable weed seeds that make raw litter a disease and nuisance risk, producing a hygienic, easily handled material a farm can store safely between spreading windows or sell on.