Agroenvironmental systems selection for using compost from municipal biowastes
Municipal Biowastes (MBs) represent the biggest fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Composting is a promising alternative for its management, due to its ability to produce a stabilized product (compost) with agronomic value that helps to keep soil properties. Prior selection of Agro–environmental Systems (AS) with potential to use the compost allows addressing the composting process aiming at the production of a material that fulfills the quality requirements of AS. This paper evaluates the implementation of a methodology in order to select AS, considering environmental, technical, socioeconomic and institutional variables. The study was carried out in a municipality of Valle del Cauca Department – Colombia, which has a Solid Waste Management Plant (SWMP) with a composting process for the treatment of MBs. The results permitted to identify SA with higher potential to use compost from MB, which were: coffee, livestock grassland, and degraded land. The proposed methodology application might allow operators from biowaste composting setting up, strategic planning processes, contributing with its improvement and sustainability.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Palmira
2015
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/acta_agronomica/article/view/43977 |
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