Effectiveness of three bulking agents for food waste composting

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-203

  Adhikari, Bijaya K ^a   Barrington, Suzelle ^a   Martinez, José ^b   King, Susan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPOSTING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

BULKING AGENTS; FINAL PRODUCTS; FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING; FOOD WASTES; LEACHATE; MASS LOSSES; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL AMENDMENTS; SUBSTRATE PARTICLES; TRITICUM; WET MASSES; WHEAT STRAWS; WOOD PARTICLES;

WASTE TREATMENT;

BULKING AGENT;

COMPOSTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; HERB; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; RECYCLING; SOIL AMENDMENT; STRAW; WHEAT; WOOD;

ARTICLE; CLOVER; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING; HAY; PH; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WHEAT;

FOOD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEDICAGO; PHLEUM; PINUS; PLANT STEMS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TRITICUM; WOOD;

MILIUM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 55749099353     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Alberquerque J.A., Gonzalvez J., Garcia D., and Cegara J. Effect of bulking agent on composting of "alperujo", the solid by-product of the two-phase centrifugation method for olive oil extraction. Process Biochemistry 41 1 (2006) 127-132
2. APHA. Standard Procedures for the Testing of Water and Wastewater (1995), American Public Health Association, Washington DC, USA
3. Barrington S., Choiniere D., Trigui M., and Knight W. Effect of carbon source on compost nitrogen and carbon losses. Bioresource Technology 83 (2002) 189-194
4. Barrington S., Choiniere D., Trigui M., and Knight W. Compost airflow resistance. Biosystems Engineering 81 4 (2002) 433-441
5. Connell, R., 1992. Manure management practices to control fly problems. In: Nutrient management on the farm. Proceedings of a conference for Maritime farmers, Plant Industry Branch of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. Diaz L.F., Savage G.M., Eggerth L.L., and Golueke C.G. Composting and Recycling, Municipal Solid Waste (1993), CRC Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
7. Eftoda G., and McCartney D. Determining the critical bulking agent requirement for municipal solid biosolids composting. Compost Science & Utilization 12 3 (2004) 208-218
8. Gea T., Barrena R., Artola A., and Sanchez A. Optimal bulking agent size and usage for heat retention and disinfection in domestic wastewater sludge composting. Waste Management 27 9 (2007) 1108-1116
9. Haug R.T. The Practical Handbook of Compost Engineering (1993), CRC Publishers Ltd., Boca Raton, Florida, USA
10. Loehr R. Pollution Control for Agriculture (1984), Academic Press Inc., Orlando, Florida, USA
11. Mato S., Orto D., and Garcia M. Composting of <100 mm fraction of municipal solid waste. Waste Management & Research 12 4 (1994) 315-325
12. McGuckin R.L., Eiteman M.A., and Das K. Pressure drop through raw food waste compost containing synthetic bulking agent. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 72 4 (1999) 375-384
13. Morin, S., Barrington, S., Adhikari, B., Gregoire, B., 2004. The development of an urban composter. In: Proceedings from the September 2004 Technical Meeting. Composting Council of Canada, Toronto, Ontario.
14. Pace M.G., Miller B.E., and Farrell-Poe K.L. The Composting Process (1995), Utah State University Extension, Logan, Utah, USA
15. Raichura A., and McCartney D. Composting of municipal biosolide: effect of bulking agent on operating performance. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science 5 3 (2006) 235-241
16. Steel R.G.D., and Torrie J.H. Principles and Procedures of Statistics - A Biometrical Approach. second ed. (1986), McGraw Hill Publishers Inc., New York, USA
17. Tognetti C., Mazzarino M.J., and Laos F. Improving the quality of municipal waste compost. Bioresource Technology 98 5 (2006) 1067-1076
18. USEPA, 2000. Biosolids technology fact sheet. EPA 832-F-00-061. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, D.C., USA.