composter Articles
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Composting on the New York Highline
Friends of the High Line will be taking their composting program to a new level using cutting-edge technology to compost in only 14 days. The Rocket composter technology allows for a continuous process of feeding it daily while constantly aerating the mass inside the vessel, producing high enough temperatures to kill pathogens. Friends of the High Line compost program began in 2010 as an effort ...
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Determination of the relative and absolute humidity in Compost piles by differential pectroscopy using Tuneable diode lasers
The composting of biological waste is an important step towards the establishment of closed cycles of matter. A constantly high quality of the compost is, however, of utmost importance for the deliberate re-introduction of compost into the environment. The quality of the compost produced is determined by a very complex biological process during which the organic wastes are converted with the aid ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Composed based growing and potting media source Material - Production - Market - Utilisation – Use
The increasing biological waste treatment (composting) in Germany provides now and in future sufficient quantities of composts for the most different markets. However a closed loop management is only sensible if the produced composts can be utilised in a profitable manner. For the time being the Stender GmbH, as a manufacturer of growing media, is exclusively interested in growing media quality ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Case Study: Greenview Environmental
Needham Market, Suffolk In terms of tonnage, Greenview is the UK’s largest independent processor of organic material. Established in 1985, the firm now operates from 6 sites around the country and processes over 300,000 tonnes of organic waste each year. The high-quality compost produced goes on to be used for horticultural and agricultural purposes as a soil improver. CompostManager has ...
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Rocket Composter Investment helps Astrazeneca Reduce Waste and Embrace Circular Economy
Multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has invested in an A900 Rocket Composter from Tidy Planet, to process its 100-acre manufacturing site’s 24 tonnes of annual food and green waste. The investment forms part of the organisation’s wider sustainability target to reduce waste and embrace a circular economy. As part of this environmental commitment, the ...
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Regulation of nitrogen contents of Composts during composting first experimental results
More than 3 Mio. Mg of compost were produced in Germany in 1998 (Wiemer and Kern 1998). Kitchen and garden waste from households as well as waste from landscaping and parks were used as substrates to a high extent. The composts were mainly used in landscaping, recultivation, horticulture, substrate production and in agriculture. Applied on cultivable land compost can improve the soil structure ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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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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Effects of biowaste compost on vegetative growth, Yield and fruit quality of james grieve apples
In Lower Austria 69 agricultural composting plants are in operation in addition to municipal and commercial composting plants. The agricultural composting plants process separately collected organic household waste as contractual partners for the neighbouring municipalities. The compost produced is used to a large extent on the agricultural fields of the plants' owners. In order to improve the ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Composting: Art and science of organic waste conversion to a valuable soil resource
Raw organic materials such as grass clippings and manure are transformed into stable soil-like humic compounds through decomposition in the composting process. Composting is an age-old practice found in various settings, ranging from domestic to industrial. Compost maker machine is becoming an increasingly practical method of organic waste disposal when landfills reach capacity ...
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Label policies, marketing strategies and technical developements of compost market in the European countries
Traditionally the use of soil improvers in agriculture is aimed at the restoration of the organic substance removed from the agro-ecosystem by crops. The addition of humus, as replacement for the portion gradually mineralised by the micro-organisms of the soil, leads to the conservation of its fertility under many point of view: physical (e.g. porosity, drainage, aeration), chemical (availability ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Raymond Blanc hotel closes food waste loop with Rocket Composter investment
Raymond Blanc’s Michelin-starred luxury hotel and restaurant Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons has invested in composting and food waste drying technology from Macclesfield-headquartered Tidy Planet, helping the site to compost 94% of its annual food waste. The A1200 Rocket Composter is the waste solutions provider’s third largest machine and can handle up to 2.5 tonnes of ...
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The influence of biowaste and garden waste composts on diseases caused by pythium ultimum and rhizoctonia Solani related to the antagonists trichoderma hamatum and flavobacterium balustinum
Soilborne plant pathogens can cause serious losses on both agricultural and horticultural crops. Examples include damping-off diseases caused by Pythium spp. and Rhizoctonia spp., Pythium and Phytophthora root rots, Rhizoctonia crown rot, Fusarium and Verticillium wilts, nematode and even bacterial diseases. Until the fifties, the principal methods to control soilborne diseases were through the ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Bulk Bagging for Mulch and Top Soil
BULK BAGGING FOR MULCH AND TOP SOIL – RMGROUPS INSTALLATION ENGINEERS ARE IN FINLAND WITH OUR CUSTOMER WHO SUPPLY TOP SOIL, MULCH AND SMALL AGGREGATES. With 40 years experience in the industry, our customer specialises in earth and environmental materials, soils, mulch and aggregates. The system that will work best for them is the BB150-C bulk bagger. The BB150-C can fill up to 2 bags a ...
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What is `Learn About Composting Day`?
Taking place annually on 29th May, ‘Learn About Composting Day’ is all about getting to know how food waste can be converted into a valuable soil improver – and it’s a day, and purpose, very close to our hearts, here at Tidy ...
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Database “organic and mineral residues”
In the spirit of the material recycling concept in Germany (KrW-/AbfG, 1994), wastes are to be recycled as completely as possible, avoiding any impairment for mankind and the environment. In this connection, avoidance of material burdens by excessive nutrient and pollutant discharge is particularly important in the treatment, recycling and bringing into circulation of waste materials for re-use ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Vermiculture for sustainable horticulture agronomic impact studies of earthworms, cow dung compost and vermicompost vis-a-vis chemical fertilisers on growth and yield of lady's finger (Abelmoschus esculentus)
Pot experiment was conducted to assess the performance of live earthworms and vermicompost on growth and yield of lady's finger (Abelmoschus esculentus). Among the various treatments, live earthworm + cattle dung (as feed), cow dung compost, vermicompost, chemical fertiliser and control were organised. The results indicated that all growth and yield parameters were found superior and ...
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RMDF Case Study - Compost Mulch a Plum Choice
ReMaDe Kent and Medway is managing a series of WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) funded trials on top fruit and other horticultural crops in Kent, the ‘Garden of England’, in order to develop the market for compost as a soil improver, and in this trial, as a mulch for young fruit trees. Twelve farms are taking part in the trials growing a wide range of crops, including ...
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What are bioplastics and where are they used?
Bioplastics are biodegradable plastics. They will typically break down completely in three to six months whereas regular plastics can take up to 1000 years to break down to the same extent. Biodegradable plastics could play a key role in helping to solve the problem of plastic wasted. Here, plastic manufacturing specialist Ansini provide a quick guide to what you need to know. Understanding the ...
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Project - Kiverco Unveils it`s Backbone in Waste Composting
Kiverco and EnVar, waste and recycling experts in their respective fields, have joined forces to help protect the environment and create resources for future generations as a new Kiverco waste screening plant is installed at EnVar's organic waste treatment site in Cambridgeshire. ...
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Can horticulture go from blue to green water?
#WaterMakesItPossible. That is so true for the millions of us that have been appreciating our green spaces and growing plants to keep us happy and busy through the recent Covid-19 lockdowns. Getting the watering right is probably the greatest challenge with our efforts either resulting in our plants dying, surviving or thriving. Although it might seem simple to ‘just add water to the ...
By Waterwise
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