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The Composting Handbook
A how-to and why manual for farm, municipal, institutional and commercial composters
The authoritative, all-in-one guide to composting principles and practices for commercial-scale composting operations
Robert Rynk (Edited by), Ginny Black (Edited by), Jane Gilbert (Edited by), Johannes Biala (Edited by), Jean Bonhotal (Edited by), Mary Schwarz (Edited by), Leslie Cooperband (Edited by)
9780323856027, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 8 December 2021
1002 pages, 275 illustrations (250 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 6 cm, 2.04 kg
The Composting Handbook provides a single guide to the science, principles and best practices of composting for large-scale composting operations facing a variety of opportunities and challenges converting raw organic materials into a useful and marketable product. Composting is a well-established and increasingly important method to recycle and add value to organic by-products. Many, if not most, of the materials composting treats are discarded materials that would otherwise place a burden on communities, industries, farms and the environment. Composting converts these materials into a valuable material, compost, that regenerates soils improving soils for plant growth and environmental conservation. The Composting Handbook expands on previously available resources by incorporating new information, new subjects and new practices, drawing its content from current scientific principles, research, engineering and industry experience. In both depth and breadth, it covers the knowledge that a compost producer needs to succeed. Topics include the composting process, methods of composting, equipment, site requirements, environmental issues and impacts, business knowledge, safety, and the qualities, uses and markets for the compost products. The Composting Handbook is an invaluable reference for composting facility managers and operators, prospective managers and operators, regulators, policy makers, environmental advocates, educators, waste generators and managers and generally people interested in composting as a business or a solution. It is also appropriate as a textbook for college courses and a supplemental text for training courses about composting or organic waste management.
1. Why Compost?
2. Enterprise Planning
3. The Composting Process
4. Compost Feedstocks
5. Passively Aerated Composting Methods, Including Turned Windrows
6. Forced Aeration Composting, Aerated Static Pile, and Similar Methods
7. Contained Composting Methods and Methods Summary
8. Composting Animal Mortalities
9. Compost Operations and Equipment
10. Site Planning, Development, and Environmental Protection
11. Process Management
12. Odor Management and Community Relations
13. Safety and Health Principles and Practices
For Composting Facilities
14. Facility Management
15. Compost Quality and Testing
16. Compost Use
17. Compost Use for Plant Disease Suppression
18. Compost Marketing and Sales
19. Composting Economics
Subject Areas: Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Agriculture & farming [TV], The environment [RN], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB], Biochemistry [PSB]
