Compost Quality and Sanitation on Industrial Scale Composting of Municipal Solid Waste and Sewage Sludge
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Siles Castellano, Ana Belén; López González, Juan Antonio; Jurado Rodríguez, Macarena Del Mar; Estrella González, Maria José; Suárez Estrella, Francisca; [et al.]Date
2021-08-17Abstract
Municipal solid waste and sewage sludge are produced in large quantities that are often managed through industrial composting treatment. Because of their origin, composition, and complexity, ensuring adequate stabilization of the organic matter, and sanitation of fecal contaminants during composting is of the utmost significance, and difficult to achieve on an industrial scale. In this study, the operations of six industrial composting facilities that process municipal solid waste and sewage sludge were evaluated from the point of view of the sanitation achieved and the quality of the compost produced. In addition, the results were compared using the model of industrial compost from green waste. Differences between the plants were ascribable to operations other than composting systems. High phytotoxicity and fecal contamination above legislation thresholds were found in compost produced from municipal solid waste. In contrast, compost from sewage sludge were more stable and mature than...
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fecal contamination
Salmonella
fecal coliforms
maturation
stability
industrial compost