Vermiculture produces EQ class A biosolids at wastewater plant
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A central Pennsylvania facility has become the first in the United States to receive a permit to make and use biosolids from a process-controlled vermiculture system. Vemitech, an Australian company utilizes earthworms housed in large, industrialized, continuous-flow reactors to process and transform the township's biosolids into an attractive, odor-free material known as vermicompost.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 2006
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Meeting DEFRA time and temperature standards for composting
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UK's Department of Food, Environment, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has led out some standards for composting procedure where animal by products and catering wastes are involved. A pilot study conducted at a facility in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA to evaluate DEFRA compliance shed some light on the best way to design an agitated bay system to meet regulatory requirements in the UK.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 2006
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Enhancing agriculture with biosolids compost
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The Mont de Marsan, France biosolids composting facility comprised of ten 45-meter long bays, is designed to handle 44 tonnes per day of dewatered biosolids at 15 percent solids concentration and 50 tonnes per day of green waste. The new composting facility services wastewater treatment plants in the region, and receives shredded yard trimmings from area municipalities.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 2005
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