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Composting
The composting plant
  This is a facility where organic waste is recycled in a composting process.
The composting process
  The composting process is based on the activity of the micro-organisms that live in our surroundings (fungi, bacteria, actinomycetes); these microscopic beings are responsible for breaking down organic material.
Selective waste collection of the organic fraction
  What is the organic fraction? - What do we have to know? - How does the organic fraction have to be collected? - Where does the organic fraction have to be disposed of? - Balance - Containers.
Compost - uses and applications
  In the composting plant, the action of the micro-organisms on the organic waste gives compost, an excellent manure useful for agriculture, gardening and public works.
Composting guide
  Summary
Check installations
  Search for the composting plants in service in Catalonia.
European Compost Network
  A European network intended to promote organic waste sustainable practices basically in the area of composting and anaerobic digestion, but also in other processes (mechanical-biological treatments
 
 
Date of publication: 18/11/03 Update: 27/11/03
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