Composting of Municipal Solid Wastes in the United States [microform] / Andrew W. Breidenbach
- Bib ID:
- 5257365
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Breidenbach, Andrew W
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED092347
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1971
- 112 p.
- Summary:
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To gain more comprehensive knowledge about composting as a solid waste management tool and to better assess the limited information available, the Federal solid waste management program, within the U. S. Public Health Service, entered into a joint experimental windrow composting project in 1966 with the Tennessee Valley Authority and the City of Johnson City, Tennessee. A high-rate composting demonstration plant was also established at Gainesville, Florida under a solid waste management grant. The objectives of these projects were to investigate and demonstrate the economic and technical feasibility of composting municipal refuse. The operational experience gained there and elsewhere are presented in this report. Important conclusions drawn from this study are: (1) composting, properly practiced, can be a nuisance-free way to recycle organic wastes without significantly polluting water and land resources; (2) composting municipal refuse is technically feasible, but it costs more than sanitary landfilling and can cost more than incineration; and (3) the process cannot succeed with results from sale of salvaged or final compost because of a small and unpredictable market. The final conclusion was that waste disposal by composting is not the total answer, but rather one approach to be considered in a solid waste management system. (JP)
- Notes:
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- Availability: Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402 (Stock No. 5502-0033, $1.00).
- ERIC Note: An environmental protection publication in the solid waste management series.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Solid Waste Management Office
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1971
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