Japan keen to use sewage sludge as fertiliser

Fertilisers made from sewage sludge have an attractively low price.

Chemical fertilisers are ubiquitous in the farming realm, but Japan relies on overseas imports for related raw materials such as urea and potassium chloride. Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, among other factors, prices for these materials have skyrocketed.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has already instructed relevant government bodies to formulate measures aimed at reducing Japan’s dependence on chemical fertilisers and rework the economic structure to make it more resilient to such challenges as energy and food crises. The ministry has allocated ¥31 million in its budget request for fiscal 2023 to help expand the use of sewage sludge fertilisers.

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