Screening compost for market
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Waste management facilities must carefully decide which screen to purchase or lease. Aside from this, they must also consider several other factors, such as composting process management, the screen's transportation needs between sites, the type of compost grades that are produced and the presence or absence of a covered storage or a screening area. Two basic tests are used to test screen performance, one involving measurement of the unders or fines on the overs after these have been tested and the other involving the measurement of the overs that went into the unders. However, to maximize screen performance, the most vital parameter to use is moisture content.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1999
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Adding paper to the mix
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Not all mixed paper wastes are recyclable. However, North Carolina's goals in recycling require the development of landfilling alternatives. Several options were undertaken by different groups. Mixed paper composted with sludge still requires testing applications, market development and written guidelines about the process, but full scale composting is already possible. Mixed paper was also composted with mixed organics. Temperature maintenance was found to be crucial to the process. Composting mixed paper with yard waste posed problems regarding operational details which need to be addressed.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1992
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National overview of biosolids management
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Three forecasts concerning the biosolids management by state governments are presented. The forecasts are: first, that beneficial use will continue to dominate biosolids management, second, that some regions will increasingly use beneficial use practices that do not rely on farm fields for landspreading and third, biosolids managers in the public and private sectors need to cooperate through outreach and education programs to generate public support. Various statistics on biosolids management trends and state biosolids management practices are also presented.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1998
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