COMPOSTING OF SWEET SORGHUM BAGASSE WITH OTHER WASTES

Authors
NEGRO MJ SOLANO ML CIRIA P CARRASCO J
Citation
Mj. Negro et al., COMPOSTING OF SWEET SORGHUM BAGASSE WITH OTHER WASTES, Bioresource technology, 67(1), 1999, pp. 89-92
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology",Agriculture
Journal title
Bioresource technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09608524
Volume
67
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
89 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-8524(1999)67:1<89:COSSBW>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
In this work the composting of sweet sorghum bagasse - the residue obt ained after sugar juice extraction of sweet sorghum stalk - in mixture s of wastes was studied. Bagasse with pig slurry and sewage sludge wer e used as raw materials for composting. The process was carried out in turned piles and the main process parameters were monitored over a ye ar. The analysis of the composts obtained showed the products were ade quate for use as soil amendments in agriculture, fulfilling EU recomme ndations for this type of product. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.