[USCC] What is anaerobic composting?

[Dan Noble]

I Googled it and got 7,800+ hits for just the "anaerobic composting" phrase 
(in the "Advanced Search" mode of "exact wording or phrase") ... lots of 
papers published on line.

I know that some European technologies use this as a "front end" (methane 
gas production) to their back end aerobic composting process (e.g. Kompogas, 
www.kompogas.ch, click on the "EN" button in the upper right to read their 
site in English).  It's real, being used, and maybe the future of getting 
BOTH energy and composted soil amendments from organic residuals.  Maybe 
something we should all be considering?

Dan Noble
ACP (www.healthysoil.org)
dan at resourcetrends.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Myron Hirschman" <hirschsys at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:23 AM
Subject: [USCC] What is anaerobic composting?


>I was recently in a meeting discussing composting options for the 
>community.
> Their engineer mentioned anaerobic composting as a system.  I didn't have
> the opportunity to get that explained to me. I am guessing he meant 
> systems
> that didn't have forced aeration ( if that is what he meant I disagree 
> with
> his use of the terms).
>
> Please educate me.
> What is anaerobic composting?
>
> Thanks
> Myron H
> myron at hirschsystems.com
>
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