{"id":1834,"date":"2006-01-19T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-19T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/01\/19\/fighting-crime-poop-to-power-style\/"},"modified":"2006-01-19T03:28:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-19T03:28:00","slug":"fighting-crime-poop-to-power-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/fighting-crime-poop-to-power-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Crime, Poop-to-Power Style"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>OK, so this is only marginally related to the actual fighting of crime, but it should keep some police horses warm… From the Manchester (UK) Metronews (via Kevin<\/a> via Spinneyhead<\/a>), the Manchester police plan to turn a liability, horse manure, into an asset<\/a>:<\/p>\n Horse dung is set to become the latest weapon in the fight to cut costs at Greater Manchester Police.<\/p>\n The force plans to use the waste collected from its 40-strong team of horses to create bricks, which will be burnt in a specialist furnace to provide heating and hot water for the stables, helping reduce its \u00a31.5m annual energy bill.<\/p>\n Bosses believe the cost of processing the manure and installing the furnace would pay for itself within a few years and are currently seeking funding to purchase the specialist equipment needed. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n It turns out that Manchester’s cops may be on the cutting edge of environmental consciousness, at least in law enforcement: they’ve also converted all 1275 of their diesel vehicles to biodiesel. What’s encouraging about all this is that it’s being done as a way to cut costs. And, of course, because there’s nothing like the smell of burning horse manure…<\/p>\n Categories: poop to power<\/a>, horse<\/a>, police<\/a>, biodiesel<\/a>, Manchester<\/a>, UK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OK, so this is only marginally related to the actual fighting of crime, but it should keep some police horses warm… From the Manchester (UK) Metronews (via Kevin via Spinneyhead), [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":17013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n