LIQUID WASTE
Philip Trim Contractors has many years experience covering all aspects of liquid waste haulage and disposal.
Liquid Waste Haulage and Disposal
At Philip Trim Contractors, we have an integrated transport fleet of 15 artic vacuum tankers and 4 rigid tankers, therefore making haulage of liquids fast and efficient, and we can tailor our liquid waste haulage and disposal services to different customer requirements.
Moreover, we have an Environmental Agency Waste Carrier Licence to transport a wide range of liquids such as:
- Digestate
- Leachate
- Whey permeate
- Contaminated water
- Road flooding
- Pig slurry
- Potato waste
- Food waste
- Fruit juices
- Waste from ships and boats
- Septic tanks
- Cesspits
- Sewage treatment plants
- Portable toilets and festival toilets
- Grease traps
- Gully emptying
24-Hour Emergency Response
Philip Trim Contractors operate a 24/7 service, meaning we will respond quickly to your call, and safely collect and dispose of your liquid waste.
Furthermore, we can provide assistance with regard to legislation, disposal routes, classification of wastes and the use of appropriate paperwork. All the waste we collect will go to a permitted disposal facility, therefore ensuring that your statutory requirements are met at all times.
- Flood water
- Leachate
- Oily water
- Septic tanks
- Cesspits
- Sewage treatment plants
Digestate
Digestate is a nutrient-rich substance produced by anaerobic digestion that can be used as a fertiliser. It consists of leftover indigestible material and dead micro-organisms – the volume of digestate will be around 90-95% of what was fed into the digester.
By using digestate instead of synthetic fertilisers derived from natural gas, we can save energy, cut consumption of fossil fuels and importantly reduce our carbon footprint. All the nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium present in the feedstock will remain in the digestate as none is present in the biogas. Typical values for nutrients are:
- Nitrogen: 4.4 kg/tonne
- Phosphorous: 1.5 kg/tonne
- Potassium: 5.2 kg/tonne
However, the nutrients are considerably more bio-available than in raw slurry, meaning it is easier for plants to make use of the nutrients. Therefore, this can be particularly valuable for land within Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) where applications of organic nitrogen are restricted.
Digestate can be used straight from the digester, in which case it is called whole digestate.
Although it has some similar characteristics, digestate is not compost. Compost is produced by aerobic micro-organisms, meaning they require oxygen from the air.
We advise and offer precision applications methods including Dribble bar / Trailing Shoe / Grass Land Injector / Cultivation, and we ensure the required nutrients are achieved for your individual crop requirements.
Low loader work available and walking floor trailers
Wastes from the Dairy Products Industry
Milk Washings are derived from the processing of dairy products. These products may be applied to the land because they contain nutrients that will give a benefit to agriculture. They do not contain any substances that are harmful to human or animal health.
What do milk washings contain? The analysis will vary from individual dairies but it is consistent from those units. Typical analysis of nutrient content supplied from an application of 50m 3 (depending on the source) ranges from:
N 70-19 kg/Ha
P2O5 20-11 kg/Ha
K2 O 10-5 kg/Ha
SO3 34-5 kg/Ha
In addition, it also contains some useful levels of Mg, Ca and Na. pH 6.8-4.5 This application rate is 50m 50m3 /Ha & this can be applied up to 5 times a year (total 250m3) providing the total permissible level of N is not exceeded.
The Benefits
- A free source of important nutrients
- Excellent “kick start” for grass following cutting or grazing
- Works well applied to stubbles, Summer, Winter or Spring. Maize fields, stubble turnips and many other crops
- Minimal farmer involvement, no use of own farm labour or machinery
How is it Applied to Fields?
We apply the product via a tractor mounted umbilical system using either surface application, shallow tine cultivation or deep leg injection (subsoil benefit). The application method we use will depend on crop and ground conditions. We locate a storage vessel at a suitable position and then the liquid waste is pumped to the tractor through the umbilical pipe.
Rules & Regulations
Philip Trim Contractors are fully licensed and regulated by the Environment Agency, and applications of waste can only take place with their approval.
Our Agronomist carries out a full risk assessment, including soil analysis and crop nutrient requirements for each individual field. Subject to approval by the Environment Agency a Deployment Certificate is issued.
Milk washings are exempt under the NVZ guidelines and may be spread all year round subject to ground conditions.
At Philip Trim Contractors, we have a team of skilled operatives to ensure that all work is professionally carried out to the highest standards and compliant with all codes of practice. Moreover, our every endeavour is made to ensure account is taken of environmental, ecological and physical conditions.
We have invested heavily into lagoons providing valuable all weather all year round storage to comply with the Environment Agency regulations. Tractor driven stirrer, and overhead stirrer are the essential equipment required in preparation to empty our own and on farm lagoons. In addition, our Xerion slurry and liquid spreader provides the capacity to empty lagoons capable of spreading 200,000 gallons a day.
Booking our Services
Simply call us on 01929 472192 or email us at info@philiptrimcontractors.com or complete the form on contact page.