Gaseous emissions from the composting process : controlling parameters and strategies of mitigation
Sayara, Tahseen (Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie. Department of Environment and Sustainable Agriculture)
Sánchez, Antoni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	Organic waste generation, collection, and management have become a crucial problem in modern and developing societies. Among the technologies proposed in a circular economy and sustainability framework, composting has reached a strong relevance in terms of clean technology that permits reintroducing organic matter to the systems. However, composting has also negative environmental impacts, some of them of social concern. This is the case of composting atmospheric emissions, especially in the case of greenhouse gases (GHG) and certain families of volatile organic compounds (VOC). They should be taken into account in any environmental assessment of composting as organic waste management technology. This review presents the relationship between composting operation and composting gaseous emissions, in addition to typical emission values for the main organic wastes that are being composted. Some novel mitigation technologies to reduce gaseous emissions from composting are also presented (use of biochar), although it is evident that a unique solution does not exist, given the variability of exhaust gases from composting.
Note:	Sayara would like to thank the Palestine Technical University for the administrative support.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Organic wastes ; Composting ; Gaseous emissions ; Mitigation strategies
Published in:	Processes, Vol. 9, Issue 10 (October 2021) , art. 1844, ISSN 2227-9717

DOI: 10.3390/pr9101844

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