Biomass and Waste Recycling
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 265
Special Issue Editors
2. Organic Recycling Research Institute (Suzhou), Suzhou 215168, China
Interests: organic agriculture; agroecology; soil ecology; long-term trial; compost use; composting engineering
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Interests: organic waste; compost; microbial community; phosphorus; humic substance
Interests: organic waste; anaerobic digestion; methane; compost
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Composting is a natural process involving the biological degradation of organic wastes (livestock manure, sawdust, kitchen waste, green waste, household waste, sewage sludge, etc.) under aerobic conditions. It plays an important role in the reduction in waste volumes and produces a valuable end-product for agriculture and gardening. This Special Issue aims to provide a scientific forum for organic wastes composting, organic farming, and ecological agriculture. In other words, the objective is to examine the scope and polyhedric character of microbiology in composting processes and composting engineering, long-term field trials on compost use, and development of antibodies for the immunoassay of pesticides, animal drugs, and POPs in food and environmental samples. Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer-review procedure for guaranteeing the journal’s standards of publication and the wide dissemination of research results and conclusions, developments, and applications.
Prof. Dr. Ji Li
Dr. Yuquan Wei
Dr. Yongdi Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic waste treatment
- composting
- microbial community
- biotransformation
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