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A new In-vessel Commercial Composting Tunnel. (Image courtesy: Hytech-Water Ltd) |
Commercial composting is achieved by first sorting the waste, so materials that should not be composted are removed. For optimal decomposition, the starting contents should have a good carbon to nitrogen ratio, preferably 30 parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen.
For a company to send their waste for commercial composting is a way to show environmental responsibility.
Commercial composting is an industry that is growing and there a massive opportunities opening up into the future for the compost produced, and as oil prices rise. The agriculture industry is far too reliant on chemical fertilizers that require a huge energy input to produce, but the commercial composters can help reset the balance.
Commercial composting is a highly effective waste treatment, diverting biodegradable waste away from landfill where it would generate methane, a greenhouse gas over 20 times more damaging than carbon dioxide. Composting is a natural, aerobic process, meaning it needs oxygen to make it work.
Waste generation continues to increase worldwide in tandem with growth in consumption, and economic globalization facilitates the global transfer of wastes.
A log is biodegradable, but not compostable because it takes years to fully biodegrade.
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