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Chapters: Mechanical Biological Treatment, Windrow Composting, Aerated Static Pile Composting, Biodrying, In-Vessel Composting, Bsi Pas 100. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A mechanical biological treatment system is a form of waste processing facility that combines a sorting facility with a form of biological treatment such as composting or anaerobic digestion. MBT plants are designed to process mixed household waste as well as commercial and industrial wastes. Process flow chartThe terms 'mechanical biological treatment' or 'mechanical biological pre-treatment' relate to a group of solid waste treatment systems. These systems enable the recovery of materials contained within and the stabilisation of the biodegradable component of the material. The sorting component of the plants resemble a materials recovery facility. This component is either configured to recover the individual elements of the waste or produce a refuse-derived fuel that can be used for the generation of power. The components of the mixed waste stream that can be recovered include: MBT is also sometimes termed BMT biological mechanical treatment however this simply refers to the order of processing, i.e. the biological phase of the system precedes the mechanical sorting. MBT should not be confused with MHT mechanical heat treatment - which does not include any form of biological degradation or stabilisation. Wet material recovery facility, HiriyaThe "mechanical" element is usually an automated mechanical sorting stage. This either removes recyclable elements from a mixed waste stream (such as metals, plastics, glass and paper) or processes them. It typically involves factory style conveyors, industrial magnets, eddy current separators, trommels, shredders and other tailor ma...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4916038 ... Read more

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Chapters: Flush Toilet, Pail Closet, Composting Toilet, Squat Toilet, Dual Flush Toilet, Accessible Toilet, Chemical Toilet, Clivus Multrum, Blair Toilet, Board Toilet, Arborloo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A flush toilet is a toilet that disposes of human waste by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location. Flushing mechanisms are found more often on western toilets (used in the sitting position), but many squat toilets also are made for automated flushing. Modern toilets incorporate an 'S','U', 'J', or 'P' shaped bend that causes the water in the toilet bowl to collect and act as a seal against sewer gases. Since flush toilets are typically not designed to handle waste on site, their drain pipes must be connected to waste conveyance and waste treatment systems. Toilet with elevated cistern and chain attached to lever of discharge valve.As with many inventions, the flush toilet was the result of a long development. Therefore, instead of a single name and date, there follows a list of significant contributions to the history of the device. The flushing mechanism provides a large flow of water into the bowl (which is described later in this article). The mechanism usually incorporates one or more parts of the following designs: The Ballcock or Float Valve is often used to regulate the filling of a tank or cistern. When the fluid level drops, the float descends, levering the valve opening and allowing more fluid to enter. Once the float reached the 'full' position, the arm presses the valve shut again.Tank fill valves are found in all tank-style toilets. The valves are of two main designs: the side-float design and the concentric-float design. The side-float design has existed for over a hundred years. The concentric-desi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=239932 ... Read more

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Discover some insider tips,tricks, and techniques for creating your own compost and using it to grow the organic garden of your dreams.Topics include cold composting, hot composting, and vermicomposting. ... Read more

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Preface: As presented in this manual, composting is a process that depends, to a large degree, on engineering concepts. Distinct areas of investigation were identified during the Camden Project. Each area was examined, and the information was assembled. Though the topics are presented individually, it must be recognized that they all interact to form a system. If the composition or moisture content of the sludge changes, there will be a response throughout all of the elements comprising the system... ... Read more

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According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans recycle or compost 32 percent of their waste (about 79 million tons) and compost 62 percent of yard waste. The EPA reports that if we composted 100 percent of our food scraps, we could prevent the equivalent of 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year, the equivalent of more than 3.8 million vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions. Composting is one of the easiest and least expensive ways you can reduce your household waste and improve your garden, and using worms in your compost bin will provide you with the best compost available. Vermiform composting – the process of using worms to create compost – is one of the most eco-friendly forms of organic lawn care you can use on your vegetable garden or flowerbeds.Working with Worms: The Complete Guide to Using the Gardener’s Best Friend for Organic Gardening and Composting will tell you everything you need to know to start composting with worms. You will learn what supplies you need, including what bins to purchase, what materials to include in your compost, and where you can purchase your worms. You will learn the conditions to create for your compost bin, what to feed your wigglers, and how often to harvest the castings your worms leave behind. This book will also help you with problems you may encounter while working with your squirming friends, including what to do with extra worms, how to deal with them escaping from the compost bin, how to tell if they are healthy, and what to do if they are not eating. You will learn the proper way to maintain your vermiform compost and use it in your garden after the composting cycle is complete.We’ve interviewed dozen of farmers and first-time composters to gather practical advice on how to start using worms in a compost bin. You will read case studies from gardeners who have chosen to use compost from worms to give their plants extra nourishment. This practical guide will offer you solutions and suggestions to keep your garden healthy and happy by including this organic compost material. Whether you are looking for an environmentally friendly way to enrich your garden or a fun, easy project that your entire family can participate in, Working with Worms will offer you simple ways to use a gardener’s best friend to make your plants prosper. ... Read more

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Discover some insider tips,tricks, and techniques for creating your own compost and using it to grow the organic garden of your dreams. Topics include cold composting, hot composting, and vermicomposting. ... Read more

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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & HOME ECONOMICS

Gardeners have long made and used compost because of the way it improves garden soil. Today, we also compost plant and vegetable matter because it is an important way to reduce the amount of waste that is burned or dumped in landfills. Yard wastes and vegetable scraps can make up as much as 20% of our household garbage. Composting effectively recycles that waste.

THE SCIENCE OF COMPOSTING
The cycle of growth and decay. Composting carries out part of the earth's biological cycle of growth and decay. Plants grow by capturing the sun's energy along with carbon dioxide from the air and nutrients and water from the soil. When plants (and the animals that eat them) die, they become raw materials for the composting or decay process. Microorganisms, fungi, insects, worms, mites, and other creatures convert the carbon from dead plants into energy for their own growth, releasing carbon dioxide into the air. Similarly, they recycle the nutrients from the decaying plants into their own bodies and eventually back into the soil. Other plants and microorganisms use the carbon and nutrients released by the composting process, and the cycle begins again.
The material that remains from the decay process is similar to soil organic matter. It holds water and nutrients in the soil, and makes the soil more porous and easier to dig.
Fast or hot composting. We can manipulate the decay process to make it proceed quickly. We do this by balancing food, water, and air in the compost pile to favor the growth of thermophilic (high-temperature) microorganisms. One byproduct of microbial activity is heat. When conditions are favorable for high-temperature microorganisms, compost piles heat rapidly to 120° to 150°F. This temperature range kills most weed seeds and pathogens (disease organisms), but does not kill mycorrhizae (beneficial fungi that help plant roots absorb nutrients). Once the hot phase is complete, lower-temperature microorganisms, worms, insects, and other invertebrates complete the decay process.
Slow composting. If we do not maintain ideal conditions for hot composting, microorganisms will still break down the wastes. Decay will be slower, cooler, and less effective at killing weed seeds and pathogens.
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Have you always wanted to grow your own vegetables but didn't know what to do? Here are the best tips on how to become a true and envied organic gardner!

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For those interested in recycling, this book is invaluable: if you would like to know how the closed loop, which so many people talk about, really works; if you produce or handle wastes and spend a lot of money putting it to landfill. Do you know if it could be recycled to land? You will probably be surprised; if you are a farmer and want to farm to produce better crops without mineral fertilizers; if you want to produce crops using wastes as fertilizer and go on to produce biofuels with a staggeringly attractive Carbon footprint; if you want to reverse global warming; and, if you need practical support to recycle to land in an environmentally sustainable way which is financially sustainable too. For all of these questions this is the place to start, here and now. This book is about the technology of farmers who are doing it now. Farmers producing food and fuels in a way that they could still be doing in a thousand years from now. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Parks & Recreation, published by National Recreation and Park Association on January 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1320 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Seventeen states have already banned yard waste from landfills and more are expected to do so. Composting is a great way to manage yard waste and also meet state mandated recycling levels. Composting is cost efficient and environmentally sound. Techniques are described.

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Title: Composting your clippings. (yard waste)
Author: Caroline Repenning
Publication: Parks & Recreation (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1994
Publisher: National Recreation and Park Association
Volume: v29Issue: n1Page: p47(3)

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This title presents hands-on, know-how and understanding of practical delivery of integrated, closed-loop gardening from waste delivering real sustainability. It includes your Safety Check List and how to calculate your own positive garden Carbon Footprint. If you do nothing else with this book but read Chapters 1 and 11, you will find the why do it and calculate the Carbon footprint for your garden. It that is enough; that's fine. If you want to know how it all works; that's the bit in between. If you do not have some at least school chemistry, you will find the language new but take it one step at a time, not too much at once, and you will get there. This is really exciting in terms of the contribution you are making to being green and understanding what everyone else talks about but most know little of how it really works. If you can manage to get through it and grasp most of it, then you will be able to answer a fundamental question about whether the way you garden is really green; if you carry on doing what you are doing now, will it all still be working just the same in a thousand years? ... Read more

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Perfect for home composting
Creating our own compost saves money and does our bit for the environment and this book was very helpful with what we can and can't put in and simple safety tips. It was nice to dip into the sections explaining how it all works and there is enough in there too for those more interested in the science too. Perfect gift for anyone with a garden, especially those that have investing in a composting bin already. ... Read more