Vermicomposting technology as a tool for nutrient recovery from kitchen bio-waste |
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Authors: | Ales Hanc Petr Pliva |
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Affiliation: | 1. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165 21, Prague, Czech Republic 2. Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Drnovska 507, 161 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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Abstract: | This study was implemented to investigate the effect of using pre-composted and raw kitchen waste with the addition of woodchips and paper in vermicomposting with regard to temperature, loss of weight, fluctuation of total and available content of nutrients and viability of earthworms. Kitchen bio-waste must be pre-composted for more than 2 weeks to reach a temperature below 25 °C. Vermicomposting increased the total content of N, P, K, Ca and Mg and the availability of P and K. Addition of used paper into kitchen bio-waste proved to be a suitable feed for earthworms. On the basis of the obtained data, a new type of vermireactor for separated pre-composting and subsequent vermicomposting of food waste has been developed. |
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