Preparing a substrate for growing mushrooms
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Approximately four million pounds of button mushrooms are grown in the United States annually and the majority are grown in special mushroom compost. Compost preparation has two phases, the first of which is outdoors and the second is indoors. Real or synthetic straw-horse manure is an essential bulking agent and the production process takes between nine to 14 days. Nitrogen is produced during phase one and the mushrooms use this as food. The substrate is put into containers for phase two until it is pasteurized and fully decomposed. This takes between seven to 18 days.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1997
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An Appetite for Copper
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Industry analysts said that the world's second largest market for refined copper is China, which imported 668,000 metric tons of refined copper in 2000. China, which also exported 115,000 metric tons of copper in 2000, is increasing its copper consumption as the overall economy grows.
Publication Name: Recycling Today
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 1096-6323
Year: 2001
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Preparing for action in the Far East
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D-Tec has undertaken sales and product training in Hongkong to launched the FireVu IP based Video Smoke Detection. Details of the training are provided.
Publication Name: Fire
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0142-2510
Year: 2007
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