Non-Composted Municipal Solid Waste Processing Byproduct Effect on Soil Reclamation
| Autor: | Dick L. Gebhart, Deborah R. Curtin, Ryan R. Busby, Kenneth N. Potter, H. Allen Torbert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Plant Nutrition. 30:755-772 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4087 0190-4167 |
| Popis: | A new garbage processing technology has been developed that sterilizes and separates inorganic and organic components of municipal solid waste. The non-composted byproduct of this process, Fluff®, has the potential to be utilized as a soil amendment to improve soil conditions in highly degraded soils. A study was initiated to evaluate Fluff as a soil amendment for establishing native grasses on disturbed US Army training lands. The Fluff was incorporated into a sandy loam soil at Fort Benning Military Reservation, GA on two sites: a moderately degraded and a highly degraded soil. The Fluff was incorporated at rates of 0, 18, 36, 72, and 143 Mg ha− 1 to assess the effects on soil properties for two growing seasons. The addition of Fluff improved available plant nutrients and soil pH levels at both sites. Also, Fluff reduced the level of soil bulk density and increased soil concentration of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N). Because no adverse environmental effects were detected and Fluff improved soil p... |
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