Organic waste composting through nexus thinking : practices, policies, and trends

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Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open, [2020]

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Book

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Full Title:

Organic waste composting through nexus thinking : practices, policies, and trends / Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Serena Caucci, Kai Schwärzel, editors

Related/Included Titles:

Organic waste composting through nexus thinking : linking soil and waste as a substantial contribution to sustainable development /
Composting as a municipal solid waste management strategy : lessons learned from Cajica, Colombia /
Composting : a sustainable route for processing of biodegradable waste in India /
Composting in Sri Lanka : policies, practices, challenges, and emerging concerns /
Valuing waste : a multi-method analysis of the use of household refuse from cooking and sanitation for soil fertility management in Tanzanian smallholdings /
Urban waste as a resource : the case of the utilisation of organic waste to improve agriculture productvity project in Accra, Ghana /
Organic waste composting at Versalles : an alternative that contributes to the economic, social and environmental well-being of stakeholders /
Traditional and adapted composting practices applied in smallholder banana-coffee-based farming systems : case studies from Kagera and Morogoro regions, Tanzania /
Co-composting : an opportunity to produce compost with designated tailor-made properties /
Biochar-compost mixtures as a promising solution to organic waste management within a circular holistic approach /

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Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, editor
Caucci, Serena, editor
Schwärzel, Kai, editor

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Genre:

Electronic book

Subjects:

Compost
Refuse and refuse disposal

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Table of Contents:

Organic waste composting through nexus thinking : linking soil and waste as a substantial contribution to sustainable development / Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Johan Bouma, Serena Caucci, Lulu Zhang -- Composting as a municipal solid waste management strategy : lessons learned from Cajica, Colombia / Cristian Rivera Machado, Hiroshan Hettiarachchi -- Composting : a sustainable route for processing of biodegradable waste in India / Ashootosh Mandpe, Sweta Kumari, Sunil Kumar -- Composting in Sri Lanka : policies, practices, challenges, and emerging concerns / Warshi S. Dandeniya, Serena Caucci -- Valuing waste : a multi-method analysis of the use of household refuse from cooking and sanitation for soil fertility management in Tanzanian smallholdings / Ariane Krause -- Urban waste as a resource : the case of the utilisation of organic waste to improve agriculture productvity project in Accra, Ghana / Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, Ted Annang, Benjamin Dankyira Ofori, Benedicta Yayra Fosu-Mensah, Elaine Tweneboah- Lawson, Richard Yeboah et al. -- Organic waste composting at Versalles : an alternative that contributes to the economic, social and environmental well-being of stakeholders / Luis Fernando Marmolejo-Rebellón, Edgar Ricardo Oviedo-Ocaña, Patricia Torres-Lozada -- Traditional and adapted composting practices applied in smallholder banana-coffee-based farming systems : case studies from Kagera and Morogoro regions, Tanzania / Anika Reetsch, Didas Kimaro, Karl-Heinz Feger, Kai Schwärzel -- Co-composting : an opportunity to produce compost with designated tailor-made properties / Laura Giagnoni, Tania Martellini, Roberto Scodellini, Alessandra Cincinelli, Giancarlo Renella -- Biochar-compost mixtures as a promising solution to organic waste management within a circular holistic approach / Federico Varalta, Jaana Sorvari.

Summary:

Organic waste composting is another excellent example to demonstrate the power and the benefits of nexus thinking. Even though organic waste composting itself is not a new topic, those who want to start a new project or align an ongoing project with nexus thinking, find it difficult to gather the necessary information. With nine case studies from four continents, this book aims to fill above gap in literature. While current literature on composting is often found to be limited to either soil/agriculture sector or waste management sector, this book presents a combined point of view. This open access book starts with an introductory chapter that describes the need to bring the waste management aspects and soil nutrient management aspects of compost production into one integrated theme. The relevance of nexus thinking and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are also presented in this introduction. The first three chapters after the introduction covers composting from the solid waste management and its policy aspects, taking examples from three developing countries. The next three examples are mostly about the benefits composting can provide to the soil and agriculture. These examples are also from three developing countries, but with a mixture of urban as well as rural settings. Last three chapters present more insight into the latest developments taking examples from Europe, as well as new methods adapted from the traditional styles from Africa.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource

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Available to current Emory University students, faculty and staff.

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937268588902486

ISBN:

9783030362836
3030362833

OCLC Number:

1225067177