Waste Management Through Composting: Benefits, New Insights and Challenges, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

We are composing a topic with the title “Waste Management Through Composting: Benefits, New Insights and Challenges, 2nd Edition”, based around the notion that most residues of domestic and agricultural origin are bio-waste, with high value for obtaining diverse end-products of interest, one of which is compost. Different technologies have been developed over recent decades for the production of compost, among which aerobic composting represents the most frequently used and studied operation, and has yielded many innovative ideas for improving the composting process and optimizing the application of the respective valuated products as soil amendment. In this topic, we intend to offer a platform for presenting such innovative approaches and offering strategies for their optimization (e.g., the utilization of additives and microorganisms) and adaption for use in agriculture, as well as showing their applicability as tools for ecological restoration, soil remediation, or amelioration. In addition, we appreciate the submission of contributions discussing compost use for the elaboration of growing media and biofertilizers, as well as their potential application as C sequestration amendments in smart agriculture. We believe that this topic may be of interest to you, and thus we cordially invite you to submit a manuscript. We look forward to receiving your contribution.

Dr. Jorge Medina
Prof. Dr. Heike Knicker
Dr. Humberto Aponte
Dr. Marcela Calabi-Floody
Topic Editors