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Edited by:
Robert Rynk, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Cobleskill College of Agriculture and Technology, State University of New York, USA
Ginny Black, Compost Research & Education Foundation (CREF) and Minnesota Composting Council (MNCC), USA
Jane Gilbert, Carbon Clarity, Ltd., Rushden, Northamptonshire, UK
Johannes Biala, Centre for Recycling of Organic Waste & Nutrients (CROWN), The University of Queensland, Australia
Jean Bonhotal, Cornell Waste Management Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Mary Schwarz, Cornell Waste Management Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Leslie Cooperband, Ph.D., Founder and Co-Owner of Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery, Former Professor
Through a collaboration between CREF and the publisher Elsevier, The Composting Handbook is the much-expanded 2022 sequel to 1992’s On-Farm Composting Handbook. It is the authoritative, all-in-one guide to principles and practices for successful commercial-scale composting.
The Composting Handbook is the authoritative, all-in-one guide to the science, principles and best practices of composting for farm, community, and commercial-scale composting operations. It provides insights on variety of opportunities and challenges for converting raw organic materials into a useful and marketable product.
The Composting Handbook expands on previous resources by incorporating new information, subjects, and practices, drawing its content from current scientific principles, research, engineering, and industry experience. In both depth and breadth, it covers the knowledge that a compost producer needs to succeed.
The Composting Handbook is an invaluable reference for current or prospective composting facility managers and operators, regulators, policymakers, environmental advocates, educators, waste generators and managers, and anyone interested in composting as a business or a solution to managing organic materials. It is an appropriate textbook for college courses and a supplemental text for training courses about composting.
1. Why Compost?
2. Enterprise Planning
3. The Composting Process
4. Composting Feedstocks
5. Passively Aerated Composting Methods, Including Turned Windrows
6. Forced Aeration Composting, Aerated Static Pile, and Similar Methods
7. Contained and In-vessel Composting Methods and Methods Summary
8. Composting Animal Mortalities
9. Compost Operations and Equipment
10. Site Planning, Development, and Environmental Protection
11. Process Management
12. Odor Management and Community Relations
13. Safety and Health Principles and Practices for Composting Facilities
14. Facility Management
15. Compost Characteristics and Quality
16. Compost Use
17. Compost Use for Plant Disease Suppression
18. Compost Marketing and Sales
19. Composting Economics
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