Poultry Manure Dryer Manufacturer in the United Kingdom
See how we dry Poultry ManureLooking for poultry manure dryer manufacturers in the United Kingdom? STRONGA builds FlowDrya lines to order at its Hertfordshire works and supplies them to the United Kingdom — see the regulatory and economic context below.
We build FlowDrya poultry-manure dryers to order at STRONGA's Hertfordshire factory and supply them across Britain, though we are straight about this: we do not yet operate a documented poultry-litter drying reference on British soil. British poultry farms face tight nutrient-management rules – protecting water from nitrate and phosphate, and curbing ammonia – which make wet litter an expensive liability. Drying the litter to a low moisture on a stainless-steel FlowDrya, using warm residual air drawn from the poultry houses themselves, stabilises it into a concentrated, bagged or pelletised organic fertiliser and removes the odour, pathogen and leaching problems that come with storing it wet.
Supplying the United Kingdom
We supply the United Kingdom from our Hertfordshire works — we have no documented Poultry Manure installation in the United Kingdom yet. Our FlowDrya projects in the United Kingdom to date cover other materials:
Regulatory context
Operating a plant that stores, treats or dries a waste-derived or organic material normally requires an environmental permit from the Environment Agency (or the devolved regulator in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland); the operator must demonstrate technical competence and comply with the permit conditions.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/waste-environmental-permits · checked 2026-08
Digestate from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste that meets the BSI PAS 110 specification and the Anaerobic Digestate Quality Protocol can cease to be classified as waste and be marketed as a quality biofertiliser.
Source: https://www.wrap.ngo/resources/guide/bsi-pas-110-producing-quality-anaerobic-digestate · checked 2026-08
Applicable standards: EN ISO 21640, EN ISO 17225-4, PAS 110, PAS 100.
Economic context
Landfill Tax on the disposal of most active waste in England and Northern Ireland is £130.75 per tonne from 1 April 2026 (the lower rate for inert waste is £8.65 per tonne); Scotland and Wales apply aligned devolved rates. The escalating tax is the primary economic driver for diverting material away from landfill.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-landfill-tax/landfill-tax-rates-from-1-april-2013 · checked 2026-08
The median UK gate fee for non-hazardous landfill, excluding Landfill Tax, was £34 per tonne in WRAP's UK Gate Fees Report 2025-26, and median energy-from-waste gate fees rose again across all categories surveyed.
Source: https://www.wrap.ngo/resources/report/uk-gate-fees-report-2025-26 · checked 2026-08
UK manufacturers paid an average of 17.08 pence per kWh for electricity and 3.71 pence per kWh for gas in Quarter 2 2025 (DESNZ Quarterly Energy Prices, September 2025). High industrial electricity prices reward drying equipment that runs on recovered waste heat and minimal electrical power rather than direct electric heating.
Source: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68da5e91dadf7616351e4b5e/quarterly-energy-prices-september-2025.pdf · checked 2026-08
Biomethane produced by anaerobic digestion and injected into the gas grid can receive 15 years of tariff support under the Green Gas Support Scheme, administered by Ofgem and open to new applications until 31 March 2028, improving the economics of AD sites that must also manage and dry their digestate.
Source: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/guidance/green-gas-support-scheme-guidance · checked 2026-08
Worked illustration (assumptions stated):
For poultry litter the value is in concentrated nutrients and avoided disposal. A farm with no land of its own to spread on can turn a costly residue into a saleable slow-release fertiliser, sidestepping Landfill Tax of £130.75 per tonne on anything sent away. FlowDrya draws its heat from the warm exhaust air the sheds already produce, so even with British electricity at 17.08 pence per kWh the running cost stays modest, and the stop-start floor keeps electrical demand low. Drying also shrinks weight, so each tonne of nutrients travels in fewer loads. Assumptions: returns depend on flock size, housing airflow and the local fertiliser market; the tax figure is the current national rate.
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 the United Kingdom — FAQ
Do you have a UK poultry manure installation?
Not yet. We will not imply a British poultry reference we do not hold; our documented UK projects dry bark, digestate fibre and woodchips, on the same platform a litter dryer uses.
What regulations affect poultry litter drying here?
A litter-drying operation usually needs an environmental permit, and the site sits within nutrient- and ammonia-management rules that penalise wet-litter storage. A dried, specified fertiliser is far easier to store, move and place compliantly.
Can FlowDrya use heat from the poultry sheds?
Yes. The dryer is designed to reuse warm residual air extracted from the poultry houses, capturing heat that would otherwise be wasted and cutting the energy needed to dry the manure.
What products can dried poultry litter become?
Common outputs are a bagged slow-release garden fertiliser, bulk agricultural soil improver and compressed pellets for horticulture; each concentrates nitrogen, phosphate and potassium into a stable, transportable form.
How does drying cut biosecurity and odour risk?
Removing moisture halts the microbial and pathogen activity that makes wet litter smell and spread disease, giving a hygienic, low-odour material that neighbours and regulators tolerate far better.
Does dried litter reduce transport costs?
Yes. Concentrating the nutrients into a lighter, denser product means fewer loads leave the farm per tonne of fertiliser value delivered, trimming haulage and spreading outlay.