The Role of Composting in Sustainable Agriculture and Waste Management
摘要
The projected increase in the human population in certain emerging areas poses a serious risk to sustaining food supply, managing waste, and using fertilizers. Composting urban and industrial organic wastes, along with lignocellulosic biomass, represents a sustainable approach to recycling and nutrient cycling, thereby generating biofertilizers with microbial-aided properties. This chapter will examine the latest global trends in composting such materials and explore the obstacles hindering broader adoption of this approach. Major materials for composting and innovative research on enhancing the fermentation process will highlight the potential of this technology to improve sustainability, carbon capture, and integration with the bioenergy, food, and waste treatment industries.