ORBIT 2003Organic Recovery and Biological Treatment

Proceedings of theFourth International Conference of ORBIT Association on

Biological Processing of Organics: Advances for aSustainable Society

Part II

30 April - 2 May 2003

Perth, Australia

Edited by:Pratap Pullammanappallil

Arthur McCombLuis F Diaz

Werner Bidlingmaier TIB/UB Hannover 89127 381 120

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PARTI

PLENARY SESSIONS

CONCEPTS FOR A DECENTRALIZED TREATMENT OF WASTE ANDWASTEWATERR. Stegmann, J. Heerenklage, M. Ritzkowski and D. Zurawski 1

MANAGEMENT OF WASTES IN SPACEDavid Chynoweth 12

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF SOLID WASTES IN ECONOMICALLYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESLuis F. Diaz and Linda L. Eggerth 14

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CARBON BASEDHORTICULTURAL PRODUCTIONR.Paulin 24

SESSIONS Wl-A & W2-ATECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN FOR COMPOSTING PROCESS -I, II

DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC WASTETREATMENT SYSTEMSHamelersH.V.M., A.H.M. Veekenand W.H. Rulkens 34

THE UR-3R FACILITY: A FULLY INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MUNICIPALSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTSteve La Brooy. David Singh and John Lawson 47

ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSUMER-FRIENDLY MSW MANAGEMENT IN ARURAL AREA. CASE HANKASALMILiisa Kokko and Kari Hdnninen 57

ELEMENTAL SULPHUR AS pH REGULATOR IN A COMPOST PREPAREDWITH OLIVE OIL INDUSTRY WASTESRoig, A., Cayuela, M.L., Bernal, M.P and Sdnchez-Monedero, M.A 67

LOWERING HEAVY METAL CONTENT IN COMPOST WITH PERCOLATION-TECHNOLOGY -RESULTS OF A STUDY ON MASS AND SUBSTANCES FLOWBALANCES AT ISKA®-TREATMENT PLANT IN GERMANYHeike Santen and Klaus Fricke 75

DESIGN OF PASSIVELY AERATED COMPOST SYSTEMS ON BASIS OFCOMPACTION-POROSITY-PERMEABILITY DATAAdrie Veeken, Joan Timmermans, Gabor Szanto and Bert Hamelers 85

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SESSION W3-ACHARACTERISATION OF COMPOSTING PROCESS

THERMAL COMPOST HYGIENISATION - TYPICAL TEMPERATURE COURSESOF NORMAL OPERATING BIOWASTE COMPOSTING PLANTSJurgen Martens and Werner Bidlingmaier 97

CHARACTERIZATION OF AN INTENSIVE ROTTING TUNNEL PROCESS BYMASS AND WATER BALANCES AS WELL AS THE CONSUMPTION OFELECTRICITYMirko Wilms, Andreas Maile, Annette Ochs and Renatus Widmann 109

A RESIDENTIAL BLACKWATER AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTETREATMENT SYSTEM - SAFETY ISSUES AND RISK MANAGEMENTA. Panikkar, S. Shrestha, P. Hackney and S. Riley 118

SESSIONS Wl-B & W2-BANAEROBIC DIGESTION - 1 , II

ANAEROBIC COMPOSTING FOR RECOVERY OF NUTRIENTS, COMPOST,AND ENERGY FROM SOLID WASTES DURING SPACE MISSIONSDavid Chynoweth, Patrick Haley, John Owens, Art Teixeira, Tim Townsend, Qiyong Xu, andHong-Lim Choi 126

PILOT PLANT INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ANAEROBIC DEGRADABILITYAND DRAINABILITY OF SEWAGE SLUDGE USING SELECTED SUBSTRATESMichaela Krupp, Renatus Widmann, K.-Georg Schmelz andAnja Reipa 136

INVESTIGATIONS FOR DETERMINATION OF MINERAL CONTENTS IN BIO-WASTE AND ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONMartin Kranert, Susanne Graul and Kai Hillebrecht 145

ORGANIC WASTE DEGRADATION IN COLD CLIMATES - 5 YEARSEXPERIENCE WITH A MEDIUM SIZE BIOCELLKetil Haarstad, Henrik Lystad, Ove Bergersen, Jan Petter Hammer and Bjern 0ivind Qstli 155

ACCELERATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGE DIGESTION UNDERBIOSULPHIDOGENIC CONDITIONS- THE EFFECT OF SULPHIDE ON a- AND(3-GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITYBrett I. Pletschke, ShaunD. Watson, Chris G. Whiteley and Peter D. Rose 163

EFFECTS OF ORGANIC ACID ON BIOLEACHING OF HEAVY METALS FROMANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED SLUDGEGuX. Y., andJ. W. C. Wong 169

SESSION W3-BBIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT

DNA FOR BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT: A NEW ERA?Mullins Debra, Lepesteur Muriel, Toze Simon and Goen E Ho 176

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BIOSOLIDS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA - WANTED NOT WASTEDNancy Penney, Ian Dumbrell, Deborah Pritchard 184

BIOPROCESSING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE FOR SAFE RECYCLING ONAGRICULTURAL LANDJens Ejbye Schmidt, Nina Christensen.and Irini Angelidaki 193

SESSION Wl-CDECISION MAKING IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

MAKING GOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT DECISIONSDavid Annandale, Ross Lantzke and Michael Skinn 204

IS FOOD WASTE MACERATION LESS 'SUSTAINABLE' THANALTERNATIVES?Robert Kijak and David Moy 212

SINGLE BIN RECYCLING- THE FUTURE OF RESOURCE RECOVERYVietWNysen 222

SESSIONS Wl-D & W2-DQUALITY OF RESIDUES - 1 , II

COMPOST QUALITY RELATED TO PRODUCT UTILIZATION IN NORWAYAasmund Asdal and Tor Arvid Breland 230

MOBILITY AND FATE OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS (EDCS) INSOIL AFTER APPLICATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE TO AGRICULTURAL LANDDirk Vogel, Martin Gehring, Lars Tennhardt, Diethelm Wei tin and Bernd Bilitewski 241

STUDY OF STORAGE INFLUENCE ON EVOLUTION OF STABILITY ANDMATURITY PROPERTIES OF MSW COMPOSTSFreitas Morais M.-Christine and Cunha QuedaA. Cristina 251

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES ANDPHYSICOCHEMICAL/CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MSW COMPOSTSDURING CONTROLLED STORAGEFreitas Morais M.-Christin and Cunha QuedaA. Cristina 260

USE OF THE HOT WATER PERCOLATION (HWP) METHOD FOR COMPOSTANALYSISGyorgy Fuleky, Denes Kovdcs, Ldszlo Aleksza and Sdndor Der 267

TEST METHODS FOR CHARACTERISATION OF THE BIOLOGICALSTABILITY OF PRETREATED MSWTanja Scheelhaase and Werner Bidlingmaier 276

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SESSION W3-DCOMPOST UTILISATION - CROP YIELDS

THE KASSEL PROJECT - USE AND RECOVERY OF BIODEGRADABLEPOLYMER PACKAGINGMatthias Klauss and Werner Bidlingmaier. 286

EFFECTS OF SOIL TILLAGE DEPTH AND CROP RESIDUES INCORPORATIONON YIELDS AND QUALITY OF WINTER WHEAT (Triticum durum Desf.) INCONTINUOUS CROPPINGMaiorana Michele, Convertini Grazia, Ferri Donato and Montemurro Francesco 295

USE OF COMPOST IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONP. O'Malley, R. Paulin, K. Wilkinson and T. Flavel 304

SESSIONS Tl-A & T2-ATECHNOLOGIES FOR ANAEROBIC DIGESTION - 1 , II

SEQUENTIAL BATCH ANAEROBIC COMPOSTING OF MUNICIPAL ANDSPACE MISSION WASTES AND BIOENERGY CROPSDavid P. Chynoweth, Jose R. Sifontes and, Arthur A. Teixeira 317

3A-BIOGAS; THREE STEP FERMENTATION OF SOLID STATE BIOWASTE FORBIOGAS PRODUCTION AND SANITATIONHorst Mueller, Oliver Schmidt, Anton Daxl and Johann Bergmair 327

EFFECT OF DIRECT THERMAL PRE-TREATMENT ON ANAEROBICDIGESTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTESP.K. Pratap Chandran, R. Saravanan and S. Renganarayanan 333

APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SEQUENTIAL BATCH ANAEROBICCOMPOSTING (SEBAC) TECHNOLOGY AS A TREATMENT METHOD FORORGANIC WASTE IN MAURITIUSRomeela Mohee and T. Ramjeawon 341

PERFORMANCE OF A RESIDENTIAL SCALE PLUG FLOW ANAEROBICREACTOR FOR DOMESTIC ORGANIC WASTE TREATMENT AND BIOGASGENERATIONRajendra Kurup 351

ADAPTATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONPLANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORGANIC MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INTHAILANDAntje Klaufi- Vorreiter, Kanoksak Eam-o-pas, Walter Danner and Werner Bidlingmaier 360

SESSION T3-AMANAGEMENT OF COMPOSTING PROCESS

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR HORSE MANURE COMPOSTING ONSMALL-FARMS IN MONMOUTH COUNTY/NEW JERSEY (USA)

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Uta Krogmann, Michael L. Westendorf, Barbara F. Rogers and Paul V. Romano 366

COMPARISION OF THE N-CONTENTS OF SUBSTRATES DURINGCOMPOSTING IN FACILITIES WORKING WITH DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIESIna Korner and Rainer Stegmann 375

DOWN-SCALING A LARGE COMPOSTING PLANT TO PILOT-SCALE FORSYSTEMATIC RESEARCHSundberg Cecilia and Jonsson Hakan 388

SESSION T I BPATHOGENS

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF SALMONELLA REGROWTH INCOMPOSTED BIOSOLIDSJSidhu, R.A. Gibbs and G.E. Ho 398

STRATEGIES FOR THE SAFE USE OF POULTRY LITTER IN FOOD CROPPRODUCTIONDean Harapas, Bruce Tomkins, Kevin Wilkinson, Peter Franz and Robert Premier 404

ALKALINE STABILIZATION OF PIG MANURE USING COAL FLY ASH ANDLIMEWong Jonathan Woonchung and Hema Jagadeesan 412

SESSION T3-CMANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE

IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPOSTING PILOTPLANT IN PHNOM PENH, KINGDOM OF CAMBODIAAntje KlauS-Vorreiter, Sam Phalla, Dettlev Gutjahr and Werner Bidlingmaier 422

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT: PRINCIPLES AND POLICY INSTRUMENTSR, Sathiendrakumar 431

EU AND UK SANITISATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BIOPROCESSING OFMUNICIPAL BIODEGRADABLE WASTE WITH RESPECT TO MATERIALS OFANIMAL ORIGINEfstathios K. Papadimitriou, Edward I. Stentiford, Luis F. Diaz and Ioannis E. Alexiou 442

SESSION Tl-DAPPLICATION OF RESIDUES-NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN THE

ENVIRONMENT

N DYNAMICS IN A LONG TERM FIELD EXPERIMENT AFTER 3 YEARS OFCOMPOST APPLICATION: VARIATION WITH COMPOST ORIGINS. Houot, J. Da-Silveira, B. Gabrielle, S. Ge'nermont, J. Michelin, J.N. Rampon and M. LeVillio-Poitrenaud 453

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BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING OF ORGANICS: THE FATE OF LEAF LITTER INTHE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTA. J. McComb, S. Qiu, R, W. Bell and J. A. Davis 464

COMPOSTING OF LOCAL ORGANIC BY-PRODUCTS FOR USE AS A SOILAMENDMENT IN QUARRY RECLAMATION IN GREECEKatia Lasaridi and Stamatis Stamatiadis2 471

SESSIONS T2-D, T3-D & Fl-BCOMPOST UTILISATION - I, II, III

THE IMPACT OF COMPOSTED ORGANICS IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTUREDavid A. Bedbrook 481

THE FERTILISING EFFECT OF COMPOST AND ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONRESIDUES FROM SOURCE SEPARATED HOUSEHOLD WASTEKalle Svensson, Monica Odlare and Mikael Pell 490

PLANT PROTECTION FROM PHYTOPARASITIC NEMATODES ANDIMPROVEMENT OF SOIL PROPERTIES BY COMPOSTED OLIVE MILL WASTEAPPLIED IN A MEDITERRANEAN AREAConvertini Grazia, Montemurro Francesco, Sasanelli Nicola, D 'Addabbo Trifone and FerriDonato 500

EFFECT OF LONG TERM COMPOST UTILISATION ON SOIL QUALITY OFCITRUS ORCHARDS IN SOUTHERN ITALYStefano Canali, Alessandra Trinchera, Francesco Intrigliolo, Letizia Pompili, Luigi Nisini,Stefano Mocali, Alberto Alianelio and Biagio Torrisi 505

MSW - COMPOST APPLICATION IN MEDITERRANEAN SOILS: EVALUATIONOF AGRONOMIC EFFECTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTMontemurro F., Ferri D., Convertini G. and Maiorana M. 575

INTEREST IN COMPOST AS A SOURCE OF ORGANIC MATTER TO RESTOREAND MAINTAIN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FRENCH SOILS : EFFECT ONSANDY SOILSM. Le Villio Poitrenaud, C. Chenu, D. Arrouays, N. SabyandJ. Daroussin 522

AN INNOVTIVE LOW COST TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PURIFICATION OF LOWPOLLUTED LANDFILL LEACHATE CONSISTING OF COMPOST FILTER ANDCONSTRUCTED WETLANDE.- Peter Kulle and, W. Bidlingmaier 532

RECYCLED ORGANICS & STORMWATER TREATMENTEric Love 541

NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE SUPPRESSION OF PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGUS(PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI) BY COMPOST LEACHATESJ. Sidhu, N. Lee, R. Cord-Ruwisch and G. Hardy 543

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PART II

SESSIONS W2-C & T2-CDEGRADATION OF XENOBIOTICS -I , II

PROCESS STABILITY IN LABORATORY CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANKREACTORS AFFECT ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF LASLars Tordng, Monica Alvarez Perez, Jens Ejbye Schmid and Irini Angelidaki 546

ELIMINATION OF ESTROGENIC ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS FROMLABORATORY-DERIVED SEWAGE SLUDGE BY MEANS OF SIMULTANEOUSAEROBIC SLUDGE STABILISATIONMartin Gehring, Lars Tennhardt, Dirk Vogel, Diethelm Weltin and Bernd Bilitewski 553

LOSSES OF 4-NONYLPHENOLS, PHTHALATES, AND PCBS DURING DRYINGAND COMPOSTING OF SEWAGE SLUDGER. Gibson, R. Canet, E. Padgett, M-J Wang, L. Gove, J.M. Lopez-Real and A.J. Beck 563

OCCURRENCE AND ELIMINATION OF SELECTED NATURAL ANDXENOBIOTIC ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS (EDCS) DURING CO-FERMENTATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE, YARD WASTE, HOUSEHOLDORGANIC WASTE, AND COMMERCIAL BIOWASTELars Tennhardt, Martin Gehring, Dirk Vogel, Diethelm Weltin and Bernd Bilitewski 564

CONTAMINATED AQUIFER REMEDIATION BY MEANS OF ZERO-VALENTBARRIERSBy Zanetti M.C, Fiore S. andGenonG 572

LABORATORY STUDIES OF THE REMEDIATION OF POLYCYCLICAROMATIC HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED SOIL BY IN-VESSELCOMPOSTINGBlanca Antizar-Ladislao, Joseph Lopez-Rea and Angus Beck 580

SESSION W3-CSITE REMEDIATION AND REHABILITATION

PLANT BASED REMEDIATION OF SITES CONTAMINATED WITH TOTALPETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS - THE NORTH AMERICAN EXPERIENCETerry Mclntrye 590

PREDICTION OF PHENOLS SOIL RETENTION FACTOR AND INFLUENCE ONTHE POLLUTANT DYNAMICSLazovic Natasa, Zanetti Mariachiara, Fiore Silvia and Genon Giuseppe 592

CAN INORGANIC FERTILISER SUBSTITUTE FOR ORGANIC AMENDMENTSIN THE REHABILITATION OF SALINE, SODIC ORE REFINING RESIDUES?R. W. Bell, N. Fletcher, M. K. S. A. Samaraweera and I. Krockenberger 602

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SESSIONS T2-B & T3-BEMISSIONS FROM PROCESSING FACILITIES - I, II

PRODUCTION AND RELEASE OF AIRBORNE MICRO-ORGANISMS ATDIFFERENT KEY POINTS IN THE WASTE MANAGEMENT CHAIN.Sdnchez-Monedero M.A and Stentiford E.I. 612

HYGENIC ASPECTS OF WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT AT COMPOSTINGFACILITIESM. Schlegelmilch. T. Herold, J.Streese and R. Stegmann 622

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ON AGRICULTURAL CO-FERMENTATIONPLANTS^CHANCES AND PROBLEMS SHOWN ON CONCRETE EXAMPLESFrauke Fruth,, Martin Kranert and Kai Hillebrecht 638

USE OF LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO EVALUATE BIOLOGICALWASTE AIR TREATMENT IN COMBINATION WITH AN ALTERNATIVESYSTEMIris Steinberg, Anke Bockreis, Clemens Rohde and Johannes Jager 650

ODOUR EMISSIONS AND GROWTH EFFECTS OF COMPOSTS AT DIFFERENTSTAGES OF HUMIFICATION. LONG- AND SHORT-TERM KINETICS OF DRUMAND WINDROW COMPOSTINGKari Hdnninen, Ulla Imppola, Anja Veijanen, Jenni Nykdnen, Into Saarela, Arja Halinen andNiina Koivula 661

MONITORING OF SINGLE LEVEL BIOFILTERS USING INFRAREDMEASUREMENTS - RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS AT DIFFERENT TYPESOF WASTE TREATMENT PLANTSAnke Bockreis, Iris Steinberg ar,d Johannes Jager 676

SESSION T I CDECENTRALIZED TREATMENT

BACKYARD OR HOME COMPOSTING OF_BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERPACKAGINGMatthias Klauss and Werner Bidlingmaier 682

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF BLACKWATER AND MIXED SOLID WASTE -AN EXAMPLE OF A TREATMENT SYSTEMPanikkar and S. Riley 692

EXPERIENCING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - DECENTRALISEDBIOLOGICAL TREATMENT AT SCHOOLS OF BANGKOKKraft Eckhard, Klauji-Vorreiter Antje and Earn O- Pas Kanoksak 702

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SESSIONS Fl-A & F2-AMODELLING AND PROCESS CONTROL - I, II

MODELLING OXYGEN PROFILES INSIDE THE COMPOSTING MATRIX OFMATURATION PILESD. D. Cabanas-Vargas, P. A. Sleigh andE. I. Stentiford 712

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFERS PREDICTION THANKS TO GAS FLOW RTDCHARACTERIZATION DURING SEWAGE SLUDGE AND BULKING AGENTCOMPOSTING IN A 300 LITER PILOT REACTORA.Tremier and A. de Guardia 721

HYDROLYSIS RATE OF SOLID WASTE AS A PARAMETER FOR PROCESSCONTROL OF DIGESTERSJan Liebetrau, Eckhard Kraft and Werner Bidlingmaier 732

FUZZYFYING THE COMPOSTING PROCESS - A NEW MODEL BASEDCONTROL STRATEGY AS A DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HIGH GRADE ANDCONSISTENT PRODUCT QUALITYFrank Scholwin and Werner Bidlingmaier 739

COMPOSTING: CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR MAINTAINING AN AEROBICPROCESSStone J. Karinda 752

ACETIC ACID: A TOOL TO ASSESS ANAEROBIC PROCESSESMartin Denecke and Klaus Michalke 762

SESSION F2-BSUSTAINABLE LANDFILL MANAGEMENT

REDUCING AFTERCARE FOR CLOSED LANDFILLS BY CONTROLLEDWATER INFILTRATION AND/OR IN-SITU AERATIONR. Stegmann, M. Ritzkowski, K.-U. HeyerandK. Hupe 770

LANDFILL AND LONG TERM EMISSION BEHAVIOUR OF MBP-WASTETanja Scheelhaase 780

LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY USING HORIZONTAL COLLECTORS INTHAILANDKanoksak Eam-o-pas and Boonma Panpradist 790

SESSIONS Fl-C & F2-CMANAGEMENT OF BY-PRODUCTS FROM AGRO-PROCESSING

INDUSTRIES -I, II

ENERGY AND MASS-FLOW ANALYSIS OF WINE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIESDierk Hagen Miiller and Jan Kai Dobelmann 795

CONCEPTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHICKEN MANURE:INVESTIGATIONS REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF AGGLOMERATS

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I. Korne, E. Trevino-Garza and R. Stegmann 805

PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF COMPOST FROM CITRUS WASTES OFINDUSTRIAL PROCESSINGTittarelli F., Trinchera A., Intrigliolo F., Calabretta M. L., De Simone C, Pierandrei F., andReaE. 818

THE END OF RENDERING? THE ALTERNATIVEJoe Ruiz-Avila, Jouquin Gelvez 827

WASTE MANAGEMENT IN A POULTRY SLAUGHTERHOUSERomeela Mohee and Kevine Ramasamy 840

VACUUM BOIL DRYING AND VACUUM BOIL EXTRACTION - NEWAPPROACHES FOR MATERIAL AND ENERGY UTILIZATION OF BIOMASSKlaus Fricke and Christina Widmer 850

SESSION F I DORGANIC RECOVERY - GLOBAL STATUS

ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT IN GREECE: GEOGRAPHY, CURRENTSTATUS AND TRENDSKatia Lasaridi 852

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT -AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTBerger David, Wagner Peter and Bidlingmaier Werner. 862

THE HUNGARIAN COMPOST INDUSTRY - HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT,CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONSLaszlo Alexa 872

SESSION F2-DORGANIC RECOVERY AND MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA

WASTE CONTROL - LEGAL ISSUES AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITHPRODUCTION, DISPOSAL AND TREATMENT OF WASTE AND THE SALE OFWASTE PRODUCTSMichael Wilkinson 878

ROLE OF COMPOST QUALITY STANDARDS IN SUSTAINABLE ORGANICWASTE MANAGEMENTHarrie Hofstede 889

ON-FARM COMPOSTING AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY AND SOCIALLYSUSTAINABLE RESOURCE RECOVERY SCHEME FOR ORGANICSJohannes Biala 898

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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

PIG SLURRY DEPURATION SYSTEMDelgado M1 del Mar, P or eel Miguel Angel, Miralles de Imperial Rosario, Beltrdn Eulalia M1, MartinJose Valero, Beringola Luisa and Bigeriego Manuel P - 1

TURNOVER OF CARBON CONSTITUENTS DURING COMPOSTING OFSOURCE-SEPARATED ORGANIC HOUSEHOLD WASTE AT DIFFERENTOXYGEN LEVELSYlva Eklind, Barbro Beck-Friis, Sven Smars, Hakan Jonsson and Holger Kirchmann P - 6

THE SHORTENING AND OPTIMISATION OF THE START UP STAGE - AGREAT CHALLENGE FOR ANAEROBIC DIGESTION TECHNOLOGY OF THEFUTURENicole Meisgeier, Werner Bidlingmaier, Eckhard Kraft, Gerd Meisgeier P- 10

IDENTIFYING CLEANER PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITIES AT THEMARGARINE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN MAURITIUSRomeela Mohee P -15

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON APPLICABILITY OF EXPANDED GLASSMATERIAL TO PLANTING BASISMinoru Yamanaka, Keinosuke Gotoh and Kenichiro Matsumoto P -24

BIOSTABILISATION OF SLUDGES FROM FOOD INDUSTRY WASTEWATERTREATMENT PLANTS THROUGH COMPOSTING TECHNOLOGYA. Cordeiro, A.C. Cunha Queda, A. Silveira and E. Almeida Duarte P - 30

WASTE MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN DEVELOPINGSOUTH EAST ASIANCOUNTRIESHarrie Hofstede P - 41

FABCOM® Hybrid Composting System: Appropriate Technology for Austral-Asia?Harrie Hofstede P-43

WASTEPAPER AS A SOURCE FOR XENOESTROGENIC COMPOUNDSMartin Gehring, Lars Tennhardt, Dirk Vogel, Diethelm Weltin and Bernd Bilitewski P - 53

AGRONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF ORANGE TREES TREATED WITH DIFFERENTAPPLICATIONS OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS AND SOIL IMPROVERSFrancesco Intrigliolo, Stefano Canali, Biagio Torrisi, Antonio Giuffrida, Fiorella Stagno,Maria Allegra and Alessandra Trinchera P- 64

ILLEGAL WASTE DUMPS AND KARST HEALTH IN KARLUKOVO,BULGARIAIvailo. Ivanov and Boris lav. Kirov P - 73

FAECAL WASTE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: WATER QUALITYAND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONSLepesteur Muriel, Pond David, McComb Arthur, Ho Goen E. and Susan A. Moore P - 81

OLIVE OIL WASTES BIOXIDATION SIMPLE PLANTS

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Amirante P., Montel G.L., Leone A. and Giametta F. P - 92

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE FIELD WASTE INTOFURTHER TRAINING AND CONSULTATION IN WINE MAKINGMiiller Dierk Hagen, Kollmann Helmut and Pollatz Thorsten P - 99

VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS FROM VINEYARD WASTES - A REVIEWSuresh Nair and Pratap Pullammanappallil. P -108

FEASIBILITY OF IN-VESSEL COMPOSTER FOR TREATING VEGETABLEWASTE IN DENSELY POPULATED CITY - HONG KONGJonathan W.C. Wong., KathyM.Y. Lee, TinmingNgandHema Jagadeesan P-119

EFFECT OF PARTICLE RETENTION TIME ON THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONOF ORGANIC SOLIDSHHSong WP Clarke andLL Blackall P-129

ADVANCED CONTROLLING OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESSESBEHAVIOUR TOWARDS USAGE IN FUEL CELLSMarianne Haberbauer, Rudolf Hopf Rainer Schoftner and Werner Ahrer P -138

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN METROPOLITAN JAKARTA:CURRENT STATUS AND OPTIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTAbdul Haris, Koentyo Soekadar and Arie Kuncahyo P -144