[USCC] food waste

[A.Niv]

Hello Brian,

With the amount of rainfall in your location I think windrows are out of the
question.
Please look at our site www.masstech.pl to find out about possible
solutions.
We are able to compost food waste without odors. The food waste from my
experience from several
installations is quite problematic. There is a lot of pectins and starches
causing the need for a lot of bulking cellulose type material.
On the other hand  - surprise; there is no much nitrogen there. As the
result, the biomass very easily goes sour because of difficult
aerobic process.
What I do is trying to keep the particle size quite large to avoid mushy
paste forming,  use wood chips rather than shavings and add/inoculate
the biomass with horse manure frequently. Of course well controlled
conditions of in-vessel composting are in  our advantage.
Without forced aeration you end up with bad silage smell and a mess.

Andrew
> Hello everyone,
>
> My question is very general in nature.  I've been asked to look into
> food waste composting for my City and I'm concerned about odors from
> windrows if that method is pursued.  In the experience of the list here,
> is it better to do in-vessel or windrows and can I be led to studys that
> discuss this topic?  Thanks.
>
> Brian.
>
> Brian Pugh
> Waste Reduction Coordinator
> Fayetteville Solid Waste and Recycling
> 479-718-7685
> 479-444-3478 Fax
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