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Decentralised Anaerobic Treatment of Market Waste: A Case study in South India
The presentation available below describes the case of the initiatives towards Decentralised Anaerobic Treatment of Market Waste in South India. Used biotechnologies are assessed and cost calculations are made.
Small Scale Waste Management Models for Rural, Remote and Isolated Communities in Canada
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Compost Calculator
The calculator allows you to see the financial values of the key nutrients N, P and K present in compost and biofertiliser, when compared with inorganic fertilisers. The values are based on the typical total nutrient contents of composts and...
Decentralised Composting for Cities of Low and Middle Income Countries
The book Decentralised Composting for Cities of Low- and Middle-Income Countries - A User's Manual describes approaches and methods of composting on neighborhood level in small-and middle-scale plants. It considers issues of waste collection,...
Market Report on the Composting & Anaerobic Digestion Sectors in Ireland
The InterTradeIreland has published in 2009 a market report on composting and anaerobic digetion sector in Ireland.
The report shows the issues and challenges in the sectors, but also the opportunities to develop cross-border trading of compost and...
Organic Waste Publications
WASTE advisers on urban environment and development provide for free, a wide range of publications regarding the organic waste fraction. Amongst others, the following are included:
Fact Sheet on Anaerobic Digestion
The Organic Waste Flow in...
Organic Waste Recycling
Practical Action has published a technical guide on organic waste recycling. The guide presents a summary of organic waste types, sources and methods of processing.
The guide is available on line and for free.
Compost Quality Standards & Guidelines in America
The report examines the history of compost appreciation,and particularly looks at the emerging awareness of the need to distinguish composts from other re-cycled wastes and common fertilizers. Without such distinguishing features, compost sales may lag...
Marketing Compost: A guide for Compost Producers in Low and Middle-Income Countries
The guide describes a marketing approach to composting, and is intended to help compost producers run more viable initiatives by unlocking the value of their product. The handbook does not cover everything there is to know about marketing, but starts...
Regional Recycling Backyard Composting Guide
The guide provides all the useful information needed for backyard composting. It has been published by the Regional Recycling Group of California.
The guide provides insights on the following issues:
The Essentials of Successful Composting...
