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FA Forest Oy - Ash handling -. FA Forest Oy (2012). Development of company. Established 1995 Owned by private persons Begun with aerial spreading of fertilizers , trials with ash 1995 ->, in practical scale 2000->. Matovaara Valtimo. Ash fertilized area About 5t/ha.
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FA Forest Oy- Ashhandling - FA Forest Oy (2012)
Development of company • Established 1995 • Ownedbyprivatepersons • Begun with aerialspreading of fertilizers, trials with ash 1995 ->, in practicalscale 2000->
Matovaara Valtimo Ashfertilizedarea About 5t/ha Nonfertilizedarea Ashfertilized and thinnedarea
Distancesin Finland Ahonkylän tuhkan hankinta Viitasaaren tuhkan hankinta
Logisticts to forest • Peatlands • Mineralsoils is underdevelopment (with urea) • Logistics • Helicopters • Loadingequipment • 1400kg sacks • Micronutrientfertilizer BT-300 • Tractors • As loosegranulatedash • Liming in environmentalcatastrophes and spreading of chemicalfertilizers
Growth in Peatland Additionalincrement0,5-8 m3 ha-1 a-1 -normally 2-4 m3 ha-1 a-1 -duration of effectover 20v (Growth in Ruukki – FFRI experiment, 4t DW/ha) (Metla, Moilanen)
Frost insulation • Diluteashes, whennotsuitable to fertilizeruse • Non-hazardous to environment • As granulated – solubility is lower • Easy to store and construct • Good as insulation • Even 1m thinnerstructure of road • Bearingabout as coarsesand / moraine • Lowerneed for gravel • Ashgravel vs. ordinary
RegulationsQuicklydeveloping and changingConfusing, uncertain and sometimesconflicting Lawsrelated to usingash and ashproduction: Law on Environmentalprotection ja –decrees, National law of waste, wastedirective and End of Waste-criterias, Decision dumping sites, Waste taxation, Sideproducts, Direction on usingash (as waste) to soilconstruction, Safety Products areregulatedby: Law of fertilizers and directions, -different products to silvi- and agriculture - REACH, (Mixedashes) - CE-, - Law on radiation Recommendations for sideproducts (Traficadministratives, Concreteindustry, Asphaltindustry)
Forward and upward… • -> Regulationshasaffectedrecentlypositively • -> General opinionfavours • Aim • Fromwaste to product