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- Title
Implementation of strategies to optimize the co-composting of green waste and food waste in developing countries. A case study: Colombia.
- Authors
Hernández-Gómez, Angélica; Calderón, Arley; Medina, Camilo; Sanchez-Torres, Viviana; Oviedo-Ocaña, Edgar Ricardo
- Abstract
Green waste (GW) management is a key issue due to its high production rate and its variety of physical properties and chemical composition. Composting is a promising alternative for GW treatment and valorization. However, the presence of recalcitrant components such as lignin and cellulose increase the processing time. Strategies such as addition of co-substrates and operative modifications have improved the processing time and compost quality. Therefore, in this study, three strategies have been implemented (i) addition of unprocessed food (UF) and processed foods (PF) as co-substrates for GW to improve the nutrients composition of the substrates at the beginning of the process, (ii) addition of phosphate rock (PR) to improve product quality, and (iii) the use of two-stage composting (TSC) to accelerate the degradation. For this purpose, three treatments with the same mixture (48% GW + 21% UF + 18% PF + 13% sawdust (SW)) were conducted: (i) TA (TSC + 15% PR), (ii) TB (traditional composting +15% PR), and (iii) TC (traditional composting). TSC did not show significant differences compared with TC regarding the process and compost quality, while the addition of PR increased the phosphorus content of the product. However, TC produced the compost with the highest quality according to the Colombian legislation for soil amendment.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; DEVELOPING countries; STRATEGIC planning; PHOSPHATE rock; PROCESSED foods; SOIL amendments; WOOD waste; CHEMICAL properties; COMPOSTING
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2021, Vol 28, Issue 19, p24321
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-020-08103-w