Compostable Id Solutions Articles & Analysis
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The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated many aspects of modern society that are simply not sustainable. One of them is the current food system. Yet to be accurately determined amounts of food have been unable to be distributed and, therefore, have been wasted either intentionally or unintentionally. Part of the reason for the waste is the distance that so much food must be ...
Poor sanitation can contaminate drinking water, especially in rural areas. Unless properly dealt with, faeces and other human waste can pollute the soil and eventually wells, causing diseases such as diarrhoea. The EcoSanitation method provides a safe way to dispose of human waste. Today, a research project in Tanzania examines the potential of combining this system with a composting technique ...
Received for publication April 11, 2008. During outbreaks of infectious animal diseases, composting may be an effective method of disposing of mortalities and potentially contaminated manure. Duplicate biosecure structures containing 16 cattle (Bos taurus) mortalities (343 kg average weight) were constructed with carcasses placed on a 40-cm straw layer and overlaid with 160 cm of feedlot manure. ...