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Although the requirements for overall recycling rates can only be met when organic recycling is not overlooked, information is scarce regarding adaption to biowaste composting of existing mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) plants originally designed for stabilization of organic municipal solid waste (OFMSW). Thus, this study aimed to assess the suitability of the operational conditions in the biological part of a full-scale MBT plant now used for stabilization of OFMSW (working line: closed-module-covered-pile-open-pile) with a view to producing compost from biowaste. Temperatures above 75 °C were maintained in the closed module and reached again in the covered pile, indicating that intensive organic-matter mineralization occurred in both stages. In the covered pile, the temperature sharply decreased, indicating depletion of easily biodegradable organic matter. An aerobic 4-day respiration test (AT4) value below 10 mg O |