scholarly journals Co-composting of organic solid waste and sewage sludge – a waste management option for University Campus

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Fei-Baffoe ◽  
Kenneth Osei ◽  
Eric Appiah Agyapong ◽  
Eugene Atta Nyankson
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Organic Solid Waste ◽  
Organic Solid ◽  
General Decline ◽  
Major Nutrients ◽  
Dewatered Sewage Sludge

Co-composting organic solid waste with dewatered sewage sludge was carried out to determine its suitability for managing waste on a University campus. Windrow composting method was employed in which dewatered sewage sludge and organic solid waste were mixed at volume ratios: 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 0:1 and 1:0 sludge/organic solid waste. Parameters such as pH, percentage N, C, P, K, Ca, Mg, organic matter, ash content and C/N ratio were determined weekly. Total and faecal coliform population were measured biweekly with Pb and Cd levels determined at the beginning and end of the composting. With the exception of ratio 1:0 sludge/organic solid waste, all other ratios attained a favourable Carbon to Nitrogen (C/N) ratio both at the start and end of the composting process. Levels of major nutrients measured were found to be favourable for use as organic fertilizer. There was a general decline in carbon and organic matter in all the compost piles except the sewage sludge pile (1:0). Apart from the compost ratio 1:0 sludge/organic solid waste, all other ratios attained a temperature of 55°C within 8 days of composting. Generally the compost ratios 1:2, 1:3 and 0:1 (sludge/organic solid waste) were found to be the most suitable for use as organic fertilizer.     International Journal of Environment Vol. 5 (1) 2016,  pp: 14-31     

Effect of pH and VFA on Hydrolysis of Organic Solid Waste

2000 ◽  
Vol 126 (12) ◽  
pp. 1076-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrie Veeken ◽  
Sergey Kalyuzhnyi ◽  
Heijo Scharff ◽  
Bert Hamelers
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Effect Of Ph ◽  
Organic Solid Waste ◽  
Organic Solid ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

scholarly journals Sludge Treatment for Application in Agriculture Should be the Option Number One for Ukraine

2017 ◽  
pp. 356-362
Author(s):  
Lidiia Svirenko ◽  
Viktoriia Bondar
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Arable Soils ◽  
Climatic Zones

Ukraine is well-known in the world as a country with soil rich for humus. Approximately 68% of arable soils in Ukraine have been classificated as chernozem. For last decades decrease of organic matter content in soils of various agri-climatic zones has been surveyed in the country. The main reason of the mentioned process is enormous lack of organic fertilizer (manure) in agriculture connected with decrease in livestock (in 3 times since year 1992). Besides there is expansion of technical crops for biofuel production (like Brassica napus, Helianthus annuus), which are the provocateurs of soils exhaustion. At the same time such important source of organic matter for application in agriculture as sewage sludge (SS) from wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is not used in Ukraine nowadays. To stop arable soils degradation in regions it is necessary to develop up-to-date management for fertilizer production on WWTPs. The base for the process has to be the acceptance of the goal-oriented National programme, corresponding governmental decrees and implementation of national standard for using sewage sludge as fertilizer.

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