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Published in: Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 4/2013

01-10-2013 | SPECIAL FEATURE: ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Vermicomposting technology as a tool for nutrient recovery from kitchen bio-waste

Authors: Ales Hanc, Petr Pliva

Published in: Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management | Issue 4/2013

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Abstract

This study was implemented to investigate the effect of using pre-composted and raw kitchen waste with the addition of woodchips and paper in vermicomposting with regard to temperature, loss of weight, fluctuation of total and available content of nutrients and viability of earthworms. Kitchen bio-waste must be pre-composted for more than 2 weeks to reach a temperature below 25 °C. Vermicomposting increased the total content of N, P, K, Ca and Mg and the availability of P and K. Addition of used paper into kitchen bio-waste proved to be a suitable feed for earthworms. On the basis of the obtained data, a new type of vermireactor for separated pre-composting and subsequent vermicomposting of food waste has been developed.

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Metadata
Title
Vermicomposting technology as a tool for nutrient recovery from kitchen bio-waste
Authors
Ales Hanc
Petr Pliva
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1438-4957
Electronic ISSN: 1611-8227
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-013-0127-8

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