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Phosphorus in Denmark: National and regional anthropogenic flows

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  • Klinglmair, Manfred
  • Lemming, Camilla
  • Jensen, Lars Stoumann
  • Rechberger, Helmut
  • Astrup, Thomas Fruergaard
  • Scheutz, Charlotte

Abstract

Substance flow analyses (SFA) of phosphorus (P) have been examined on a national or supra-national level in various recent studies. SFA studies of P on the country scale or larger can have limited informative value; large differences between P budgets exist within countries and are easily obscured by country-wide average values. To quantify and evaluate these imbalances we integrated a country-scale and regional-scale model of the Danish anthropogenic P flows and stocks. We examine three spatial regions with regard to agriculture, as the main driver for P use, and waste management, the crucial sector for P recovery. The regions are characterised by their differences in agricultural practice, population and industrial density. We show considerable variation in P flows within the country. First, these are driven by agriculture, with mineral fertiliser inputs varying between 3 and 5kgha−1yr−1, and animal feedstuff inputs between 5 and 19kgha−1yr−1. We identified surpluses especially in areas with a larger proportion of animal husbandry, owing to additional application of manure in excess of crop P demand. However, redistribution of the large amounts of P in manure is not feasible owing to transport limitations. Second, waste management, closely linked to population and industrial density is the driver behind differences in recoverable P flows. Current amounts of potentially recoverable P cannot change the reliance on primary P. The most immediate P re-use potential exists in the areas around the eastern urban agglomerations, from more complete recovery of sewage sludge (with unrecovered P amounts of up to 33% of P in current mineral fertiliser imports) and the biowaste fraction in municipal solid waste currently not collected separately (24% of P in current mineral fertiliser imports), since this region shows both the highest proportion of crop production and fertiliser use and lowest soil P budget.

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  • Klinglmair, Manfred & Lemming, Camilla & Jensen, Lars Stoumann & Rechberger, Helmut & Astrup, Thomas Fruergaard & Scheutz, Charlotte, 2015. "Phosphorus in Denmark: National and regional anthropogenic flows," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 105(PB), pages 311-324.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:105:y:2015:i:pb:p:311-324
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.09.019
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