The book describes low-cost options for the use of organic waste to produce suitable end products. The focus is on the recovery of urban organic waste through activities such as animal raising, composting, the production of biogas and briquetting.
| Title | Organic waste : options for small-scale resource recovery |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1993 |
| Authors | Lardinois, I, van de Klundert, A |
| Secondary Title | Urban solid waste series / WASTE |
| Volume | no. 1 |
| Pagination | 132 p. : fig., ill., tab. |
| Date Published | 1993-01-01 |
| Publisher | Technology Transfer for Development |
| Place Published | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| ISBN Number | 9070857332 |
| Keywords | animal feed, appropriate technology, biogas production, cab94/3, composting, economic aspects, egypt cairo, ghana accra, health aspects, india west bengal calcutta, low-income communities, mali bamako, organic wastes, philippines manila, recycling, research, urban areas |
| Abstract | The book describes low-cost options for the use of organic waste to produce suitable end products. The focus is on the recovery of urban organic waste through activities such as animal raising, composting, the production of biogas and briquetting. Attention is paid to technologies that involve manual labour in order to create employment for low-income people. Financial aspects, marketability of end products, environmental problems and government policies are dealt with. The book is based on data and seven research reports compiled by local consultants on the recovery of organic waste in Cairo, Nairobi, Accra, Bamako, Calcutta and Manila. |
| Notes | 71 refs. |
| Custom 1 | 352.0 |
