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http://dx.doi.org/10.7744/cnujas.2015.42.3.177

Characteristics of compost produced in food waste processing facility  

Lee, Chang-hoon (Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Park, Seong-jin (Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Kim, Myeong-sook (Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Yun, Sun-gang (Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Ko, Byong-gu (Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Lee, Deog-bae (Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Kim, Sung-chul (Department of Bio-environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University)
Oh, Taek-Keun (Department of Bio-environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural Science / v.42, no.3, 2015 , pp. 177-181 More about this Journal
Abstract
Food waste has been widely considered as a recycling resource to be applied to agricultural lands due to the effects of organic matter and nutrient for plant productivity. but the maturity and salt concentration in the compost produced from food waste processing facilities should be considered firstly, which was little information on compost quality produced from food waste treatment facility. In this study, we examined actual situation of food waste processing facility on the composting of food waste and evaluated the characteristics of composts produced from food waste processing facilities. The quality of composts was analyzed on the basis of the criteria of fertilizer processing manual. The 46% of food waste treatment facility registered composting produced actually the compost mixed with food waste or animal waste. The compost maturity and salt concentration as indicators of the quality of compost were not met 46.8% of composts collected from food waste processing facilities to the criteria of fertilizer processing manual. Also, 15.6%(moisture) were not satisfied with the criteria. In conclusion, the compost produced from food waste processing facilities is firstly required with better compost maturity and reduced salt concentration in order to use to agricultural lands as an amendment.
Keywords
Food waste; compost quality; maturity; NaCl;
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