Composting of MSW: Needs, problems and solutions
This paper is constructed of three complementary sections. The first section discusses the need for composting municipal solid waste (MSW). Too often as scientists and engineers the focus narrows to solve a specific problem within a system or to find the most cost effective solution. One habitually fails to examine concepts holistically due to tight schedules or work backlogs. One understands how things work and gets renumerated by the ability to scale up from the bench or pilot, keep costs down and to troubleshoot cranky processes. Sitting back to understand the reason why something like composting makes sense is a luxury one usually cannot afford. Section two discusses problems specific to MSW composting such as product quality, production stabilization, nuisance odors, and vector attraction. The final segment deals with some solutions to these difficulties.
- OSTI ID:
- 435449
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606300-; TRN: IM9710%%107
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: HazMat International `96. 14. Annual environmental management and technology conference international, Atlantic City, NJ (United States), 18-20 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Fourteenth annual environmental management and technology conference international: Technical papers; PB: 527 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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