Recovery of Tomato Plant Residues Through Composting: Potential and Challenges to Promote Circular Economy
摘要
The increase in tomato production especially in modern agriculture generally results in a significant amount of plant residues representing one of the greatest challenges for sustainable agriculture such as economic losses of valuable biomass and pollution. Valorization of tomato waste as a potential source of organic matter and plant nutrients is promising to improve soil fertility. Hence, an effective composting process, which enables the production of good quality compost at an economical cost, can meet the criteria for sustainable tomato waste management. This chapter reports tomato waste as composting feedstock, methods for composting process recommended for tomato waste along with the most relevant challenges in composting process and compost quality.