Woo Jin Chung, Soon Woong Chang, Dhiraj Kumar Chaudhary, JoungDu Shin, Hyunook Kim, Natchimuthu Karmegam, Muthusamy Govarthanan, Murugesan Chandrasekaran, Balasubramani Ravindran
Because of rapid development in the livestock industry, the production of chicken manure has subsequently increased, which may contribute to environmental pollution. In this regard, in-vessel composting of biochar amended chicken manure and sawdust mixtures was investigated to find out the effect of biochar at the ratios of 0% (control), 3% (T1), 5% (T2), and 10% (T3) on ammonia and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission, compost quality, pathogenic contaminants and phytotoxicity. The composting process was performed in 100-L, pilot-scale, plastic, cylindrical vessels for 50 days...
June 11, 2021: Chemosphere