Cited by 75Composting and Vermicomposting TechniquesLandfill Environmental Impact StudiesMunicipal Solid Waste Management

Properties of composts from household food waste produced in automatic composters

Kucbel, Marek, Raclavská, Helena, Růžičková, Jana, Švédová, Barbora, Sassmanová, Veronika, Drozdová, Jarmila, Raclavský, Konstantin, Juchelková, Dagmar·2019·Journal of Environmental Management

Abstract

The minimization of landfill deposition of waste containing biological components represents a big problem, especially in built-up residential areas. The main problem of biologically degradable municipal waste is the quantity and composition of household waste which can have an important influence on decomposition processes already in collecting vessels. An amount of household waste produced in residential areas in the Czech Republic varies from 31 to 337 g/person/day, with an average value of 250 g. Waste of plant material character is produced in the range from 22 to 291 g/person/day. Composts were prepared in the home composters from household food waste. After the end of the composting process, compost does not have the organic component sufficiently stabilized, which is documented by a high value of electrical conductivity of aqueous leachate reaching more than 4 mS/cm and low humification index. The value of the humification index pronouncedly increased after eight weeks from 0.05 to 0.85, while compost from composting of green waste using windrow system have humification index of 3.48. An aim of this work is the determination of properties of composts prepared from HFW in automatic composters and identification of differences compared with composts prepared from a mixture of biodegradable green waste.

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Kucbel, M., Raclavská, H., Růžičková, J., Švédová, B., Sassmanová, V., Drozdová, J., Raclavský, K., & Juchelková, D.
Affiliations
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (CZ)
Corresponding author
Kucbel, Marek
Venue
Journal of Environmental Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-04
Volume
236
Pages
657-666
ISSN
0301-4797 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2913674410
Cited by
75
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 3
FWCI
8.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Journal of Environmental Management (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DSpace VŠB-TUO (VŠB-TUO) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic
  • National Programme for Sustainability (LO1404 – TUCENET, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000753)
  • Research centre for low-carbon energy technologies (SP2019/35, SP2018/5)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
Keywords
compost, household food waste, compost stabilization, humification index, leachate electrical conductivity, green waste, windrow composting, biodegradable municipal waste, landfill reduction
MeSH terms
Composting, Food, Soil, Czech Republic

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