Compost analysis

Step 4 Compost analysis for conventional parameters determining any quality change compared with the blind and ecotoxicity test using at least two plant species if negative influences are detected additional bioassays should be performed using more plant species, daphnia, water lens, luminescent bacteria or special local species. 

Yamada Y, Kawase Y (2006) Aerobic composting of waste activated sludge kinetic analysis for microbiological reaction and oxygen consumption. Waste Manage 26 49-61... 

Kortleven J (1951) The evaluation of townwaste and townwaste compost by means of analysis. 

Preslan JE, Hatrel BB, Emerson E, et al. 1993. An improved method for analysis of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and its metabolites from compost and contaminated soils. J Hazardous Materials 33 329- 337. 

Test 2 350 mg polyester in 80 mL media. Intermediates from isolated pure culture after 7 days Test 3 350 mg polyester in 80 mL media. Intermediates from isolated pure culture after 21 days Test 4 Residues after a 7-day inoculation by isolated pure culture and a 14-day inoculation with compost eluate. No intermediates were detected by GC analysis... 

Disintegration in pilot-scale composting test using specimen of maximum thickness Analysis of compost quality... 

Bhattacharyya, P., Ghosh, A.K., Chakraborty, A. et al. (2003) Arsenic uptake by rice and accumulation in soil amended with municipal solid waste compost. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 34(19-20), 2779-90. 

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