3. Composting
3.1 Objectives and principles
Composting is the aerobic biological treatment of organic waste to achieve one or more of the following objectives:
mineralization of the most biodegradable fraction, leading to a more stable residual material and thus reducing the waste's potential environmental and health impacts;
reduction of waste mass and volume;
production of compost that can be used as an organic soil improver.
Composting generally involves two biological stages (figure 1...
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