[USCC] Concrete x Asphalt.

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City of DesMoines Iowa USA has been composting on an asphalt pad since 1988.  It shows normal deterioration due to heavy equipment , freezing / thawing but I don't think the bugs are attacking it.  I know they have done maintenance.
Maybe Metro Waste Authority, who are currently operating there will also answer.,
Myron Hirschman 
 
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Hi all !

According to what was previously been explained, I work with the system of 
Static Piles with Forced Aeration, in Brasil, and have the following doubt:
"The Composting Pad, made of asphalt, has a much shorter lifetime than the one 
made of concrete. This is due to the intense microbial activity of the process 
on a material produced correct."
I need to know whether this statement is correct, once we know that Composting 
is a technique widely used for bioremediation of areas with hydrocarbons.
I´d like to thank my colleagues help.


Eng. Katia Goldschmidt Beltrame
www.bioland.com.br
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