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Author: Aparicio Tejo, Pedro María × Subject: Compostaje doméstico ×

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    Effect of feeding regime on composting in bins
    (Taylor & Francis, 2017) Storino, Francesco; Menéndez Villanueva, Sergio; Muro Erreguerena, Julio; Aparicio Tejo, Pedro María; Irigoyen Iriarte, Ignacio; Natura Ingurunearen Zientziak; Nekazaritza Ekoizpena; Ciencias del Medio Natural; Producción Agraria; IdAB. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología / Agrobioteknologiako Institutua
    Composting in bins is one of the most practical home composting methods. There is currently a need for greater information to improve the management of the composting process and to create home composting programs, which ensure sustainable production of high quality compost. This study investigates how two aspects of the bin feeding regime—the feeding frequency and the amount of waste applied at each feed—influence the process's evolution and the quality of the compost. Compost bins were assayed after introducing the same amount of kitchen and garden waste according to three different frequencies: in a single batch, weekly, or every 3 weeks. A fourth treatment was applied to calculate the potential waste reduction achieved by the composting process, filling the bins to the brim on a weekly basis. Temperature, mass, and volume changes; the microbial diversity (by Biolog); and gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, and NH3) were all determined during the process. At the end of the experiment, all of the composts were weighed and characterized. Results show that the main differences were very dependent on the quantity of waste provided. Large amounts of waste were added increasing the compost's temperature and maturity during the process, while slightly affecting the salinity and phytotoxicity of the final compost but without any clear effects on microbial diversity and gas emission. Therefore, from a technical point of view, the shared use of compost bins among several households (community composting) is preferable to individual us
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    Meat waste as feedstock for home composting: effects on the process and quality of compost
    (Elsevier, 2016) Storino, Francesco; Sánchez Arizmendiarrieta, Joseba; Irigoyen Iriarte, Ignacio; Muro Erreguerena, Julio; Aparicio Tejo, Pedro María; Ciencias del Medio Natural; Natura Ingurunearen Zientziak; Producción Agraria; Nekazaritza Ekoizpena
    Home composting is a powerful tool, which is spreading in different parts of the world, to reduce the generation of municipal waste. However, there is debate concerning the appropriateness, in terms of domestic hygiene and safety, of keeping a composter bin in the household deputed to kitchen waste of animal origin, such as meat or fish scraps and pet droppings. The purpose of our work was to study how the addition of meat scraps to household waste influences the composting process and the quality of the final compost obtained. We compared four raw material mixtures, characterized by a different combination of vegetable and meat waste and different ratios of woody bulking agent. Changes in temperature, mass and volume, phenotypic microbial diversity (by Biolog TM) and organic matter humification were determined during the process. At the end of the experiment, the four composts were weighed and characterized by physicochemical analysis. In addition, the presence of viable weed seeds was investigated and a germination bioassay was carried out to determine the level of phytotoxicity. Finally, the levels of pathogens (E. coli and Salmonella spp.) were also determined in the final compost. Here we show that the presence of meat waste as raw feedstock for composting in bins can improve the activity of the process, the physicochemical characteristics and maturity of the compost obtained, without significantly affecting its salinity, pH and phytotoxicity. Pathogen levels were low, showing that they can be controlled by an intensive management and proper handling of the composter bins.
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    Compost de FORM con restos de alimentos cárnicos como componente de sustratos de cultivo
    (Sociedad Española de Ciencias Hortícolas, 2014) Storino, Francesco; Irigoyen Iriarte, Ignacio; Ollo Alcasena, María Arantzazu; Aparicio Tejo, Pedro María; Muro Erreguerena, Julio; Producción Agraria; Ciencias del Medio Natural; Nekazaritza Ekoizpena; Natura Ingurunearen Zientziak
    La utilización de compost de FORM como fertilizante es una práctica inocua y segura ampliamente implantada en la unión europea y que presenta gran cantidad de ventajas desde un punto de vista agronómico y medioambiental. La utilización de este tipo de compost como materia prima para la elaboración de sustratos de cultivo genera ciertas dudas por sus características, especialmente cuando provienen de sistemas de compostaje descentralizado en los que se han compostado restos de alimentos entre los que se incluyen alimentos de origen animal (carne y/o pescado). El objetivo del este trabajo es evaluar compost domésticos como componente de sustratos para cultivo de ornamentales que incluyen distintas proporciones de restos de alimentos cárnicos. Para este fin se compararon 3 compost domésticos (uno vegetal y dos con 15% carne) y uno comercial. Los compost fueron caracterizados mediante análisis de su composición elemental, pH y CE. Cada compost fue mezclado al 25 y 75 % v/v con sustrato a base de turba (utilizado puro como control). Además las dos mezclas con mayor CE fueron sometidas a lavados sucesivos, monitorizando el descenso de salinidad tras cada lavado y la composición elemental del líquido drenado. Plantas de pensamientos fueron cultivadas en macetas de 2 L con cada uno de los 11 sustratos indicados. Durante seis semanas de cultivo se midió la biomasa vegetal, la altura y el número de tallos, el número de flores y el contenido en clorofila mediante índice colorimétrico SPAD. Las diferencias entre los distintos tratamientos fueron pequeñas. El lavado previo de los sustratos no modifico significativamente la respuesta del cultivo. Se concluyen que los sustratos con compost de FORM que contiene hasta un 15% de restos de alimentos de origen animal no afectan negativamente al cultivo de pensamientos bajo las condiciones del presente ensayo.