Composting technology in waste stabilization: On the methods, challenges and future prospects

CO Onwosi, VC Igbokwe, JN Odimba, IE Eke… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Composting technology has become invaluable in stabilization of municipal waste due to its
environmental compatibility. In this review, different types of composting methods reportedly …

Comprehensive review on agricultural waste utilization and high-temperature fermentation and composting

Z Mengqi, A Shi, M Ajmal, L Ye, M Awais - Biomass Conversion and …, 2021 - Springer
Due to the high demand for food and meat for the world's growing population, the
agricultural sector is expanding every year. Timely and effective treatment is of utmost …

Evaluation of composting parameters, technologies and maturity indexes for aerobic manure composting: A meta-analysis

Z Ji, L Zhang, Y Liu, X Li, Z Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Aerobic composting is an efficient method to recover nutrients from animal manure.
However, there is considerable variability in the management and maturity criteria used …

Reducing nitrogen loss and salinity during 'struvite'food waste composting by zeolite amendment

MT Chan, A Selvam, JWC Wong - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Struvite formation during composting through supplementation of Mg and P salts conserved
nitrogen but in the same time increased the electrical conductivity (EC) of the compost …

Ammonia emission mitigation in food waste composting: a review

S Wang, Y Zeng - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Composting is a reliable technology to treat food waste (FW) and produce high quality
compost. The ammonia (NH 3) emission accounts for the largest nitrogen loss and leads to …

Composting of rice straw with effective microorganisms (EM) and its influence on compost quality

MLC Jusoh, LA Manaf, PA Latiff - … journal of environmental health science & …, 2013 - Springer
This study aims to assess the effect of EM application on the composting process of rice
straw with goat manure and green waste and to evaluate the quality of both compost …

Bacterial diversity at different stages of the composting process

P Partanen, J Hultman, L Paulin, P Auvinen… - BMC microbiology, 2010 - Springer
Background Composting is an aerobic microbiological process that is facilitated by bacteria
and fungi. Composting is also a method to produce fertilizer or soil conditioner. Tightened …

Inoculation with nitrogen turnover bacterial agent appropriately increasing nitrogen and promoting maturity in pig manure composting

J Jiang, X Liu, Y Huang, H Huang - Waste management, 2015 - Elsevier
The nitrogen turnover bacterial (NTB) agent, which is closely related to nitrogen turnover,
was comprised of a bacterial consortium of ammonifiers, nitrobacteria and Azotobacter in …

Dynamics of microbial diversity during the composting of agricultural straw

HQ Chang, X Zhu, WU Jie, D Guo, LH Zhang… - Journal of Integrative …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dynamic changes in microbial diversity during the aerobic composting of agricultural
crop straw with additives were evaluated using high-throughput sequencing at four phases …

Co-composting of distillery wastes with animal manures: Carbon and nitrogen transformations in the evaluation of compost stability

MA Bustamante, C Paredes, FC Marhuenda-Egea… - Chemosphere, 2008 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the viability of recycling the solid wastes generated by the
winery and distillery industry by means of co-composting with animal manures, as well as to …