creators_name: Burke, Jean
creators_name: Walsh, Phil
editors_name: Powell, Jane
editors_name: et al., 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-10-20
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:21
metadata_visibility: show
title: Composting case study
ispublished: pub
subjects: 3compost
full_text_status: public
keywords: Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR; on-farm composting, legislation; compost; case study; waste management
abstract: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Garden waste delivered by the public to a recycling centre is stockpiled, shredded and delivered to the on-farm composting site. The material is forced, together with aeration pipes into 60 metre long EcoPods using specialist machinery. The temperatures achieved during the composting process are fully monitored and controlled using a forced aeration system. The composting site operates under a waste management licence exemption and has temporary planning approval. Concerns raised about the site include increased heavy traffic, leachate, noise nuisance, birds and vermin, odours, dust and bio-aerosols harmful to health. Local residents remain intolerant of the composting system. The planning authority acknowledge that current legislation can be a barrier to the development of large scale composting operations.
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
pagerange: 151-152
refereed: never
referencetext: UKROFS 2001 UKROFS standards for organic production. United Kingdom Register for Organic
Food Standards. London.
citation: Burke, Jean and Walsh, Phil (2002) Composting case study. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 151-152.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8386/1/burke_walsh_Composting_case_study.pdf