Factory Waste Lime

Factory Waste Lime (LimeX) - used by the factories for purification and sold as a hming product back to the growers. It has a useful nitrogen content as well as containing some trace elements. 

Some liming materials are obtained from industrial processes where lime is used as a purifying material such as in sugar beet factories, these are called waste limes. Sugar beet waste lime is also a valuable source of plant nutrients. 

Factory waste Liquid waste from factories often contains add. If it reaches a river, the add will kill fish and other river life. This can be prevented by adding slaked lime to the waste, to neutralise it. 

The beets are transported during a harvest campaign of about 2 months to the sugar factory, slices of the beets are extracted and several cleaning and enrichment steps are carried out on the syrup. Byproducts of sugar manufacture are pulp and molasses (->sucrose, industry by-products) as well as waste lime, which may be used as - fertilizer. The topped leaves may be utilized as silo-feed. Depending on soil and climate about 50-100 mt of beets are produced per ha. Sugar yield is about 16% or 8-16 mt. 

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