Litter management

Slow biodegradation of common polymers such as PE, PET, or PP does occur in nature (Shah et al., 2008 Tsao et al., 1993) but at rates that are several orders of magnitude lower than that observed with biopolymers such as cellulose and chitosan or biodegradable synthetic polymers such as PCL. These rates are too low to have any significant impact on litter management, and conventional plastics as are not... 

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Parton, W. J., Schimel, D. S., Ojima, D. S., and Cole, C. V. (1994). A general model for soil organic carbon dynamics Sensitivity to litter chemistry, texture and management. In Quantitative Modelling of Soil Forming Processes, Bryant, R. B., ed., Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, pp. 147-168. 

Poultry can become infected from sources such as litter, droppings, soil, insects and rodent infestations, and the most serious serotypes are those that can pass from the intestine of birds into the tissues to contaminate the meat and eggs. Prevention of infection by appropriate management... 

Division of Recycling Litter Control Department of Waste Management 101 North 14th Street James Monroe Building, 11th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 Telephone 804-786-8679... 

Mohee, R., Mudhoo, A., and Unmar, G.D. 2008. Windrow co-composting of shredded office paper and broiler litter. Special Issue on Solid Waste Management—Part 1. International Journal of Environmental Waste Management, 2 3-23. 

Decomposing litter as a sink for N-enriched additions to an oak and red pine plantation. Forest Ecology and Management, 196, 71-87. 

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