WASTE ON LAND
November 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FOOD processing industry could help make the EU economy more sustainable by increasingly spreading its waste on farmland, a European Commission report has claimed. It highlights the "elements beneficial to plant growth...rapidly available to plants," with "very few trace organic compounds or heavy metals." Composting is suggested, which "enables the organic matter to be stabilised and the (smells) to be reduced," producing a compost with a "higher agronomic value."
THE FOOD processing industry could help make the EU economy more sustainable by increasingly spreading its waste on farmland, a European Commission report has claimed. It highlights the "elements beneficial to plant growth...rapidly available to plants," with "very few trace organic compounds or heavy metals." Composting is suggested, which "enables the organic matter to be stabilised and the (smells) to be reduced," producing a compost with a "higher agronomic value."
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