Biological treatment of solid waste : enhancing sustainability

Content: IntroductionMicrobial TechnologiesManagement Options of Food Waste: A ReviewF. Girotto, L. Alibardi, and R. CossuEffect of Increasing Total Solids Contents on Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste under Mesophilic Conditions: Performance and Microbial Characteristics AnalysisJing Yi, Bin Dong, Jingwei Jin, and Xiaohu Dai Microbial Anaerobic Digestion (Bio-Digesters) as an Approach to the Decontamination of Animal Wastes in Pollution Control and the Generation of Renewable EnergyChristy E. Manyi-Loh, Sampson N. Mamphweli, Edson L. Meyer, Anthony I. Okoh, Golden Makaka, and Michael SimonNew Steady-State Microbial Community Compositions and Process Performances in Biogas Reactors Induced by Temperature DisturbancesGang Luo, Davide De Francisci, Panagiotis G. Kougias, Treu Laura, Xinyu Zhu, and Irini AngelidakiCompostingComposting of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste: A Pilot Plant in Maxixe District, MozambiqueC. Collivignarelli, A. Perteghella, and M. VacchariChanges in Bacterial and Fungal Communities across Compost Recipes, Preparation Methods, and Composting TimesDeborah A. Neher, Thomas R. Weicht, Scott T. Bates, Jonathan W. Leff, and Noah FiererEffects of Bulking Agents, Load Size or Starter Cultures in Kitchen-Waste CompostingNorazlin Abdullah, Nyuk Ling Chin, Mohd Noriznan Mokhtar, and Farah Saleena TaipMicrobial Diversity of Vermicompost Bacteria that Exhibit Useful Agricultural Traits and Waste Management PotentialJayakumar Pathma and Natarajan SakthivelBiodryingCriteria for Assessing the Viability of a Small Scale MSW Bio-Drying Plant Aimed at RDF Production for Local UseE. C. Rada and M. RagazziTechnical and Economic Efficiency of Utilization of Biogas from Animal Waste for Energy GenerationE. Minciuc, R. Patrascu, M. Norisor, and D. TuticaPotential of Bio-Drying Applied to Exhausted Grape MarcElena Cristina Rada and Marco RagazziIndex