Poultry Manure Dryer Manufacturer in Sweden
See how we dry Poultry ManureLooking for poultry manure dryer manufacturers in Sweden? STRONGA builds FlowDrya lines to order at its Hertfordshire works and supplies them to Sweden — see the regulatory and economic context below.
FlowDrya poultry manure dryers are built to order at STRONGA's Hertfordshire works and supplied to farms and fertiliser processors here, with no commissioned litter line on local soil to cite. Our nearest documented project is telling: it sits at a Swedish poultry farm, but there the FlowDrya dries FSC-certified pine woodchips for biochar rather than manure, so we are candid that a litter installation is still to come. Poultry litter is a wet, odorous, ammonia-rich residue that the organic-waste landfill ban keeps out of burial, so it must be recovered as a soil product or a fuel. To sell it as a fertiliser it helps to meet the voluntary SPCR 120 biofertiliser scheme, which caps heavy metals and contaminants. Litter can reach the shed around 65 per cent moisture; drying it below 12 per cent kills pathogens, locks in nitrogen, halts the smell and yields a stable, transportable product that spreads through conventional machinery.
Supplying Sweden
We supply Sweden from our Hertfordshire works — we have no documented Poultry Manure installation in Sweden yet. Our FlowDrya projects in Sweden to date cover other materials:
Regulatory context
Swedish waste law rests on the Environmental Code (miljobalken) and the Waste Ordinance (avfallsforordning 2020:614) issued under it. Chapter 15 of the Code sets the waste hierarchy, giving reuse, recycling and other recovery priority over disposal, and the ordinance operationalises it: separately collected material intended for recovery may not simply be incinerated, and municipalities must reach material-recovery rates of 55 per cent by 2025, 60 per cent by 2030 and 65 per cent by 2035. Turning a wet residue into a fuel or a stabilised soil product is a recovery route the law ranks above burial.
Source: https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/avfallsforordning-2020614_sfs-2020-614/ · checked 2026-08
Sweden bans the landfilling of waste that a dryer helps divert. Under the Ordinance on the Landfill of Waste (forordning 2001:512 om deponering av avfall), section 8 prohibits depositing sorted combustible waste, a ban in force since 2002, and organic waste, banned since 2005. Exemptions are narrow and granted case by case by the county board or the Environmental Protection Agency. Because burial is closed to these fractions, the residual and organic streams must instead be recovered as fuel or soil products, which is the single strongest legal driver for drying wet residues in this market.
Source: https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/forordning-2001512-om-deponering-av-avfall_sfs-2001-512/ · checked 2026-08
The incineration and co-incineration of waste is governed by the Ordinance on the Incineration of Waste (forordning 2013:253 om forbranning av avfall), which implements the EU Industrial Emissions Directive. It covers dedicated energy-from-waste plants and co-incineration installations alike, and sections 67 to 70 set specific emission limits and permit conditions for cement kilns burning waste-derived fuel. A cement kiln or power plant firing refuse- or solid-recovered fuel operates under this ordinance, and a dried, consistent, low-moisture fuel is what keeps such a plant reliably inside those limits.
Source: https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/forordning-2013253-om-forbranning-av-avfall_sfs-2013-253/ · checked 2026-08
Digestate and compost sold as soil products are quality-assured through the voluntary SPCR 120 (biogodsel) and SPCR 152 (compost) certification schemes run by RISE, the Research Institutes of Sweden, as an independent certifier. The rules require that the product is made from clean, source-sorted, biologically degradable substrates from the food or feed chain, that it is hygienised, and that it meets limits on heavy-metal content and visible contaminants, verified through a qualification year and external audits. A dried, stabilised material holds those limits far more readily than a wet, actively degrading feedstock.
Source: https://www.ri.se/en/agriculture/service/certification-of-biofertilizer-spcr-120 · checked 2026-08
Applicable standards: EN ISO 21640, EN ISO 17225-4, EN ISO 18134, SPCR 120 (biogodsel), SPCR 152 (compost).
Economic context
Sweden runs one of the world's highest carbon prices. The carbon tax (koldioxidskatt) was introduced in 1991 at SEK 250 per tonne of carbon dioxide and had risen to SEK 1,200 per tonne by 2021, applied to fossil fuels used outside the EU Emissions Trading System; installations already covered by the EU ETS are exempt from the domestic tax to avoid double charging. Every tonne of fossil fuel a dried waste- or biomass-derived fuel displaces therefore avoids a real and steep carbon cost.
Source: https://www.reccessary.com/en/reccpedia/carbon-tax-in-sweden · checked 2026-08
The Swedish carbon tax is among the highest in the world. In 2026 it stood at 133.17 euros per tonne of CO2, second only to Norway, giving Swedish industry one of the strongest financial incentives in Europe to substitute coal, coke or oil with a recovered fuel or to raise process heat from biomass rather than fossil sources.
Source: https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/carbon-taxes-europe/ · checked 2026-08
Worked illustration (assumptions stated):
The economics rest on nutrients, haulage and odour. A dried litter is a concentrated, storable fertiliser that can be bagged and carted to arable farms, where a wet, degrading manure cannot travel far or spread evenly. Meeting an SPCR 120 grade opens that market; failing it means costly handling. Retaining ammonia as plant-available nitrogen rather than losing it to the air also raises the worth of every tonne sold. Firing the dryer on warm residual air from the poultry houses rather than grid power keeps conversion cheap, and its stop-start moving floor draws far less electricity than a belt dryer. Where litter is burned for heat instead, displacing fossil fuel avoids a carbon tax that reached SEK 1,200 per tonne of CO2, among the highest in the world. Assumptions stated: nutrient value, haulage distance and heat source govern payback.
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 Sweden — FAQ
Do you supply poultry manure dryers here?
Yes, from our Hertfordshire factory. We hold no commissioned litter line on local soil yet and will not imply one; our documented Swedish project is at a poultry farm, but it dries woodchips for biochar rather than manure, on the identical FlowDrya platform.
How does the biofertiliser certification apply?
The voluntary SPCR 120 scheme certifies biofertiliser from clean, source-sorted feedstock that is hygienised and within heavy-metal limits. A dried, stabilised litter holds those requirements far more reliably than a wet, actively degrading manure.
Why dry poultry litter?
Litter near 65 per cent moisture is heavy, smelly and biologically active. Drying it below 12 per cent kills pathogens, locks in nitrogen, stops the odour and yields a stable product a farm can store and spread.
Does the landfill ban apply to manure?
Yes. The organic-waste landfill ban keeps wet, biodegradable residues out of landfill, so litter must be recovered as a fertiliser or a fuel rather than buried.
Can the dryer use heat from the poultry houses?
Yes. FlowDrya is designed to draw warm residual air from poultry houses wherever possible, capturing otherwise wasted heat so the dryer needs little bought-in energy.
How is a plant shipped and commissioned from the UK?
Each dryer is fully assembled and factory-tested at our works, then dismantled for freight, reassembled on site, connected to the heat supply and brought online through a supervised trial before handover.