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Article: RECYCLING POULTRY FEATHERS: MORE BANG FOR THE CLUCK.
- Article from:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- August 1, 2000
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What happens when an industry's by-product turns out to be as valuable as its primary products? The poultry industry may be about to find out. Scientists are exploring new methods for turning the industry's excess fluff into products ranging from notepaper to auto body parts to high-quality animal feed, saving trees and replacing man-made materials in the process.
The National Chicken Council, a Washington, DC-based poultry trade group, predicts that more than 8.5 billion chickens will be commercially grown and processed in the United States this year. These chickens, when processed, will leave behind more than 2.3 billion pounds of feathers. For the competitive ...