How Resilient Are Microbial Communities to Temperature Changes During Composting?
The resilience of compost systems to perturbation is usually attributed to the highly active and diverse microbial population. Composting is characterized by distinct temperature changes that are associated with a succession of microbial communities adapt
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H.lnsam . N. Riddech . S. Klammer (Eds.)
Microbiology of Composting
With 230 Figures and 126 Tables
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Univ. Doz. Dr. HERIBERT INSAM Mag. SUSANNE KLAMMER Universitat Innsbruck Institut fur Mikrobiologie TechnikerstraBe 25 6020 Innsbruck Austria http://www.microbiaI-ecology.at NUNTAVUN RIDDECH, M. Sc. Khon Kaen University Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology 40002 Khon Kaen Thailand
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ISBN 978-3-642-08705-9 Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Microbiology of composting: with 126 tables / Heribert Insam. __ (ed.) ISBN 978-3-642-08705-9 ISBN 978-3-662-08724-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-08724-4 This work is subject to copyright. All rights reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. http://www.springer.de © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002 Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 2002 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2002
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Preface
Historically, it was the scarcity of new materials that has been the driving factor for recycling of used materials. In the agricultural sector, it was the lack of external nutrient sources or problems with soil degradation that has forced people to care for a functioning cycling of organic matter, hitting two birds with one stone: nutrient supply and long-term soil sustainability. Now, in many countries traditional recycling seems to be forgotten, or its economical value is disputed. Centralised dumps or incineration plants are often the simple answer to growing waste problems. Only in a few countries, many of them in Europe, where population density is high and the value of preserved nature, along with sustainable agriculture is increasingly demanded, environmentally sound recycling programmes became a question of political culture. The approaches are very different and range from treatment of bulk wastes to source-separated collection of organic wastes. The latter yields the best quality substrate for any further treatment,
