[USCC] ACCELERATING DECOMPOSITION

[Greg Evanylo]

Ron,

Contact Dr. John Novak (jtnov at vt.edu), Prof of Civil and 
Environmental Engineering at VT. The following are a few links to 
theses of several of his grad students who have been working on 
bioreactor landfills:
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302005-111503/
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09212006-195109/
http://www.ifremer.fr/avano/notices/00033/819.htm

greg

At 08:23 AM 5/16/2007, Ron Alexander wrote:
>Participate in the Annual International Compost Awareness Week May 
>6, 2007 to May 12, 2007
>This year's theme is "The Possibilities are Endless ... Compost!"
>For more info, go to: http://compostingcouncil.org/section.cfm?id=25 
>or Call the USCC at 631-737-4931
>______________________________________________________________________________
>Hello Compost (and organics recycling) World,
>
>Does anyone out there have any 'real world' experience with using 
>the addition of biosolids to landfills as a means of accelerating 
>'waste' decomposition? Thus....creating more landfil space over time???
>
>Thanks,
>Ron
>
>
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Greg Evanylo
Professor and Extension Specialist
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences (0403)
426 Smyth Hall, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Ph: 540/231-9739;  Fax: 540/231-3075
gevanylo at vt.edu