composting landfill Articles
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Oquirrh Mt. Biosolids Composting Facility
Biosolids Composting at Waste Water Reclamation Facility utilizing the MOR, Inc. Covered Aerated Static Pile (ASP) Composting System. Facility has eliminated disposal costs associated with land application and landfill by composting biosolids on site and producing at Class A STA approved soil amendment for sale to the public. The facilty utilizes the MOR, Inc. cover system to reduce odors and ...
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Technical and financial evaluation of composting programs in Asia
Because the solid wastes of Asian cities are typically comprised of 70-85% organics, dirt and dust (Furedy, 1989b), composting has long been considered an interesting option to reduce the amounts of waste to be transported and disposed of in landfills. Furthermore, composting makes use of natural resources (i.e., the organic materials in wastes) that would otherwise be wasted. However, ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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The Role of Eucalyptus Globulus Forest and Products in Carbon Sequestration
Abstract This study is a contribution to the ongoing debate about the selection of the approach for carbon accounting in wood products to be used, in the future, in the national greenhouse gas inventories under the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). Two accounting approaches are used in this analysis: the stock-change approach and the atmospheric-flow approach. ...
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Biodegradation of methane and halocarbons in simulated landfill biocover systems containing compost materials
The attenuation potential of methane (CH4) and of selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was compared in four types of compost materials using dynamic flow column experiments over a period of 255 d. Garden waste compost mixed with wood chips showed the highest steady-state CH4 oxidation rate (161 g m–2 d–1), followed by a commercial compost product Supermuld (110 g m–2 d–1). In the column ...
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Occupational hygiene at a drum composting plant in Hyvinkää, Finland
Refuse disposal and treatment must be safe for employees. Organic dust of waste origin, perhaps containing microbes, may be harmful to health. Microbes, especially fungi but also thermophilic Actinomycetes bacteria, may cause allergy and asthma (Terho et al. 1993; Madigan et al. 1997). Usually fungi cause hypersensitivity (Madigan et al. 1997) and the most common syndrome is allergic rhinitis ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Industry innovators collaborate to tackle compostable coffee pods in hospitality sector
Here at Tidy Planet, we’ve teamed up with AstraZeneca, Sodexo, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, and Halo Coffee, to close the loop for one of the hospitality sector’s trickiest, and most abundant, waste streams – coffee pods.It’s estimated that approximately 60 billion of these capsules are manufactured annually – three quarters of which end up in landfill, and can take up to 500 years to fully break ...
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Research Analysis of the Market Potential For Lower Grade Composted Materials in the UK
Executive Summary 1. Description This report presents the findings of research undertaken by WRc, under contract to the Waste andResources Action Programme (WRAP). The research analysed the market potential for low grade composted materials in the UK, taking the risks associated with their use in different applications into account. It also assessed the viability of introducing standards for ...
By WRC Ltd
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The state of composting and biological waste treatment in the UK
In 2005/06 3.4 million tonnes of source segregated waste was composted, an increase of 28% on the previous year. 85% was municipal waste, with just over half of this collected at civic amenity sites Less than one per cent of municipal waste was kitchen waste collected at the kerbside 65% of waste composted was composted at dedicated composting / biological treatment sites, with 10% on farm ...
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Odor issues at Mariposa MSW composting facility
The Mariposa County MSW composting facility was built at the county landfill to remove some dry recyclables from the waste stream and to produce compost for daily cover. One key motivation was to increase the lifespan of the landfill and to postpone a costly long-haul. The facility was permitted, designed and built by a team of engineers and vendors. It began operation in the summer of 2006. ECS ...
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