Value added products from vineyard wastes – a review© European Compost Network ECN e.V. (5/2003)
Grape pomace is about 10% by weight of the grape input and consists of pressed skins, disrupted cells from grape pulp, seeds and stems. Grape pomace is mainly used as cattle feed or for soil conditioning or dumped in disposal sites.
Olive oil wastes bioxidation simple plants© European Compost Network ECN e.V. (5/2003)
A semi-industrial pilot plant was established in an anticondensate polypropylene greenhouse in order to obtain an organic amendant.
Wastepaper as a source for xenoestrogenic compounds© European Compost Network ECN e.V. (5/2003)
Endocrine disruption has become one of the most important environmental issues, causing scientific, political, legislative, and administrative action. Bisphenol A (BPA), octylphenol, and nonylphenol are three prominent representatives of xenobiotic estrogenic endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs).
Waste management in a poultry slaughterhouse© European Compost Network ECN e.V. (5/2003)
This study was initiated to reduce the amount and toxicity of wastes generated in view of improving upon the environmental performance of a poultry slaughterhouse.