Volume: 3, 2024
3rd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland:
ENVIRONMENT – PLANT – ANIMAL – PRODUCT
Abstract number: E003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL3.E003
Published online: 24 April 2024
ICDSUPL, 3, E003 (2024)
Composting as one of the waste management technologies in developed countries
Wiktor Bojarski1*, Wojciech Czekała1, Mateusz Nowak1
1 Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznan, Poland
* Corresponding author: wiktor.bojarski@up.poznan.pl
Abstract
With the world’s population growing, the amount of waste generated is also increasing. In Poland alone, 128.4 million tons of waste were generated in 2022. This situation raises the need for proper management of such a significant amount of these materials. This is because improper waste management is harmful to human health and even life. In addition to aesthetic aspects, inadequate waste management is associated with air, water and land pollution through emissions of hazardous substances. A method to reduce the possibility of environmental contamination is to use pro-environmental techniques and waste treatment technologies. One environmentally friendly method of managing a specific group of waste, which is bio-waste, is composting. This method uses the natural process of converting organic matter into stable products. Composting involves using the activity of microorganisms and fungi to decompose organic matter. This process has been known to mankind for thousands of years and can be successfully considered one of the pro-environmental methods of waste management. As part of the ongoing work, a literature review was conducted to indicate the high importance of the composting process in the management of selectively collected bio-waste in developed countries. In addition, technologies using the composting process were compared to commercially available bio-waste management technologies using other processes. The literature review conducted allowed to conclude that the composting process is still a favorable, both economically, environmentally and socially, method of bio-waste management in developed countries.
Keywords: waste management, biowaste, composting process
How to cite
W. Bojarski, W. Czekała, M. Nowak, 2024. Composting as one of the waste management technologies in developed countries. In: 3rd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland: Environment – Plant – Animal – Product. https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL3.E003