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Proceedings
Compost and digestate:
sustainability, benefits, impacts for the
environment and for plant production
Proceedings of the international congress CODIS 2008
February 27-29, 2008, Solothurn, Switzerland
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Session 1: The state of biogenic waste treatment in Switzerland and Europe
- The Swiss environmental policy and the use of biomass
Gérard Poffet, Vice Director of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN, Switzerland) - Energy from biomass and related policy
Michael Kaufmann, Vice Director of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) - Development of biomass use in Europe
Werner Bidlingmaier - Current knowledge on disease suppressive properties of composts
Harry A. J. Hoitink, Brian B. McSpadden Gardener, and Sally A. Miller - Organic pollutants in compost and digestate: occurrence, fate and impacts
Thomas Kupper, Rahel C. Brändli, Thomas D. Bucheli, Carine Stämpfli, Markus Zennegg, Urs Berger, Patrick Edder, Mandy Pohl, Fode Niang, Saverio Iozza, Josef Müller, Christian Schaffner, Peter Schmid, Sandra Huber, Didier Ortelli, Kristin Becker-van Slooten, Jochen Mayer, Hans-Jörg Bachmann, Franz X. Stadelmann, Joseph Tarradellas
Session 2.1. Aspects of compost quality
- Quality of Swiss composts - Interrelations of parameters characterizing agronomic quality
Jochen Mayer, Urs Baier, Alfred Berner, Petra Koeppe, Konrad Schleiss, Jacques G. Fuchs - Humic acids – A quality criteria for composts
Erwin Binner, Johannes Tintner, Katharina Meissl, Ena Smidt, Peter Lechner - A new analytical approach to determine compost quality
Katharina Meissl, Ena Smidt, Johannes Tintner, Erwin Binner, Peter Lechner - Nitrogen – A harmful or a value-added compost property?
Ina Körner - Quality parameters of compost amended with chitin
Jesper Luxhøi, Pernille H.B. Poulsen, Jacob Møller, Jakob Magid - Quality characterization of separated animal manure biosolids -key parameters important for composting and nutrient availability
Karin Jørgensen, Lars S. Jensen - Utilization of separated animal manure bio-solids – opportunities for improved nutrient cycling and reduced environmental impacts, with Denmark as an example
Lars S. Jensen, L., Jesper Luxhøi, Jakob Magid, Thorkild Birkmose, Karin Jørgensen
Session 2.2. Organic pollutants and heavy metals in organic waste products and feedstock materials
- Organic Pollutants in Secondary Fertilizers
Werner Kördel.; Monika Herrchen - Heavy metals and organic contaminants in Bavarian composts – an overview
Heinz Riedel, Clemens Marb - Evaluating the Norwegian standard methods for the total and extractable heavy metal concentration in compost
Espen Govasmark - Determination of selected veterinary antibiotics and quaternary ammonium compounds in digestates of biogas plants in Austria
Oliver Gans , Stefan Weiss , Andrea Sitka , Erwin Pfundtner , Christoph Scheffknecht , Sigrid Scharf - Determination of organic contaminants in composts and digestates in Baden-Württemberg, South-West Germany
Jessica Stäb, Bertram Kuch, Silke Rupp, Klaus Fischer, Martin Kranert, Jörg Wolfgang Metzger - Positive and negative impacts of composting and/or anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge on soil, plant and water
Najat Amellal-Nassr, Dominique Patureau, Laure Metzger, Christian Mougin
Session 3. Influence of compost and digestate on soils properties
- Influence of composts and digestates on soil properties -Retrospect and outlook-?
Ena Smidt, Katharina Meissl, Johannes Tintner, Erwin Binner, Peter Lechner - Influence of mid-term application of composts on chemical, physical and biological soil properties of agricultural soils in field trials of practical importance
Rainer Bolduan, Berthold Deller, Rainer Kluge, Markus Mokry, Holger Flaig - Use of compost to improve soil properties and plant growth in saline soils
Johannes Biala, Judith Raue, Cameron Smea, Brian Schafer - Long-term effects of biowaste compost fertilization on crop yield and nutrient supply, soil humus and nitrogen leaching
Eva Erhart, B Putz, F. Feichtinger, Wilfried Hartl. - Effects of repeated waste compost fertilizations on soil and plants in a crop rotation field experiment in Finland
Tiina Tontti. Ansa Palojärvi, Helvi Heinonen-Tanski, Arja Halinen, Päivi Karinen.
Session 4.1. Influence of compost and digestate on plant growth and health
- Influence of compost and digestates on plant growth and health: potentials and limits
Jacques G. Fuchs - Compost: a promising vehicle for the inoculation of PGPR in agricultural soils?
Letizia Fracchia, Elda B. Perotti, Alejandro Pidello, Maria G. Martinetti. - Crop nitrogen utilization source separated green/food compost
Paul Gibbs, Brian Chambers, Gail Bennett, Peter Davies - Control of Rhizoctonia solani in potatoes with a new application technique of suppressive composts in organic potato production
Elmar Schulte-Geldermann, Christian Schüler, Oliver Hensel, Jürgen Heß, Maria R. Finckh, Christian Bruns - Effects of vermicompost-tea on plant growth and crop yield
Ines Fritz, Sonja Haindl, Markus Pruckner, Braun Rudolf - Recycling of Organic Wastes into Vermicompost: Impact on Soil Health Yield and Quality of Tea
Suman Palit, Bijoy C. Ghosh, Karan, A.K., Pranab Chatterjee, K. Murmu
Session 4.2. Input of pollutants to soil due to application of organic waste products / Implication for soil organisms and the food chain
- Input of organic pollutants to soil by compost and digestate application and their origin
Rahel C. Brändli, Thomas D. Bucheli, Thomas Kupper, Markus Zennegg, Sandra Huber, Josef Müller, Peter Schmid, Urs Berger, Werner Stahel, Franz X. Stadelmann, Joseph Tarradellas - Effects of mid-term application of composts on agricultural soil in field trials of practical importance: Possible risks
Berthold Deller, Rainer Kluge, Markus Mokry, Rainer Bolduan, Armin Trenkle - Input of organic micro pollutants in soil through compost application: possible transfer to plants
Sabine Houot, Violaine Brochier, Marjolaine Deschamps, Claire Lhoutellier - The safety of compost products
Merja Itävaara, Minna Vikman, Anu Kapanen - Waste imprint on soil quality in a long-term urban fertilizer field trial
Pernille H.B. Poulsen, Andreas de Neergaard, Jesper Luxhøi, Jakob Magid - PCB uptake by carrots after sludge and compost application
Caroline Sablayrolles, Mireille Montréjaud-Vignoles, Claire Vialle, Jérôme Silvestre, Claire Lhoutellier, Maelenn Poitrenaud
Session 5. „Effects of composts and digestates on ecosystems“
- Benefit of ecotoxicological tests for the characterization of composts
Kerstin Hund-Rinke. - Benefits of compost and anaerobic digestion on agro-ecosystems and the climate
Enzo Favoino, Dominic Hogg - Role and importance of compost use in vegetable and other horticultural crops relative to sustainability
Robert Paulin, Peter O’Malley - Substitution of peat with garden waste compost in growth medium preparation: a comparison from a LCA-modelling (EASEWASTE) perspective
Alessio Boldrin, Thomas-Højlund Christensen - Bio-composting of organic solid wastes and it’s role in the rebuilding of soil health
Ji Li, Hefa Yang, Lina Liang, Zhi Xu, Logli Zhang
Session P1: Needs and wishes of practitioners and authorities
- Waste Policy at a Crossroad: How to balance contradicting factors - extreme material recycling, boom in energy use and the fear of pollutants
Hans-Peter Fahrni (Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN, Switzerland) - Questions and needs from the composting industry
Andreas Röthlisberger (Association of Swiss Compost and methanisation Plants, ASCP) - The energy industry and organic wastes
Valentin Gerig (AXPO CH)
Session P2: Process management and product quality
- From substrate to application: microbes do the job
Heribert Insam, Ingrid Franke-Whittle, Sabine Mayrhofer, Armin Hansel, Brigitte Knapp - Pressure drop evaluation on air flow through compost mass in a forced aeration composting system with a revolving windrow.
Pedro V. Almeida, Ana Silveira - Comparison of different anaerobic treatment methods for biowaste with regard to potential of biogas production
Bernd Bilitewski, Christina Dornack, I. Schneider, Antje Schnapke - Recycled Organic Matter (ROM) Compost Quality: Chemical, Biological and Microbiological Traits
William F. Brinton, E. Evans, P. Storms, A. Underwood, C. Blewett - Role of microorganisms during aging of vermicompost: disentangling the black box of vermicomposting
Manuel Aira, María Gómez-Brandón, Jorge Domínguez - A novel vermicompost based formulation for bioinoculants with added plant and microbial growth promoting natural products
Alok Kalra, Mahesh Chandra, Suman P.S: Khanuja - New method for evaluation of impurities in compost
Maria Thelen-Jüngling
Session P3. Use of composts and digestates : Choice of the product depending of utilization strategy and aim
- Use of compost and digestate: choosing the product depending on utilisation, strategy and aim
Konrad Schleiss, Josef Barth - Agricultural humus management using high quality composts
Stefanie Siebert, Bertram Kehres - Paper sludge vermicomposts as amendments into the potting media of peppers (Capsicum annum L. var longum)
Cristina Lazcano, Luis Sampedro, Rogelio Nogales, Jorge Domínguez - Waste Fermentation and Sand – no Problem?
Kirsten Schu - Comparison of energy recovery and utilization procedures of compost from green waste with regard to primary resources
Martin Kranert, Gerold Hafner, Ralf Gottschall, Christian Bruns - Potentials and applicability of different biowaste treatment methods for solid fuel production
Bernd Bilitewski, Matthias Schirmer, Daniel Schningnitz, Gaston Hoffmann
Poster presentations
Posters to session 2.1. Aspects of compost quality
- Constituents of biogas plant digestates relevant for crop production
Markus Mokry, Rainer Kluge, Wolfgang Wagner, Klaus Michels - Characterization of the stability and maturity of cattle manure at different stages of the composting process
Maria Gómez-Brandón, Cristina Lazcano, Jorge Domínguez - Comparison of extraction and derivatization methods for fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) analysis for composting matrixes
Maria Gómez-Brandón, Marta Lores, Jorge Domínguez..
Posters to session 2.2. Organic pollutants and heavy metals in organic waste products and feedstock materials
- Quality of composted sewage sludge based soil improvers targeted for landscaping
Anu Kapanen, Liisa Maunuksela, Merja Itävaara - Evolution of exchangeable heavy metals and organic contaminants during composting of greenwaste and sewage sludge.
Jean-François Collard, Maesen, P.
Posters to session 3. Influence of compost and digestate on soils properties
- Application of municipal solid waste compost improved plant growth in boron-toxic and zinc-deficient soils
Ahmet Onat, Yazici, A., Agac, D., Yildiz, S., Altinbas, M., Ozturk, I., Ciftci, T., Cakmak, I., Ozturk, L.. - Effects of compost and compost water extract on soil fertility and plant growth
Vincenzo Verrastro, Claudio Cocuzza, Mariangela Diacono, Francesco Ceglie, Teodoro Miano - Compost as an organic fertiliser
Panhwar Farzana. - ‘Carbon’ and ‘nitrogen’ values of organic amendments and fertilizers
Marie-Ève Tremblay, Cargèle Nduwamungu, Léon-Étienne Parent, Martin Anders Bolinder
Posters to swssion 4.1. Influence of compost and digestate on plant growth and health
- The fertilizing impacts of vermicompost on growth and yield characteristics of German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.)
Parastoo Hoseinzadeh, Abdollah Hatamzadeh, Ershad Tavakol - Evaluation of the effect of compost in soil beds for cucumber seedling production
Letizia Fracchia, Elda B. Perotti, Alejandro Pidello, Maria G. Martinetti. - Substitution of mineral fertilizers with anaerobic digestates and on-farm composts: effects on lettuce growth and production
Donato Ferri, Canali, S., Convertini, G., Montemurro, F. Tittarelli, F., Vitti, C. - Enhancement of pine (Pinus pinaster) seed germination by vermicompost and the role of plant genotype
Cristina Lazcano., Luis Sampedro, Rafael Zas, Jorge Domínguez - Vermicompost as potting amendment for the growth of different progenies of pine seedlings (Pinus pinaster)
Cristina Lazcano, Luis Sampedro, Rafael Zas, Jorge Domínguez - Effect of organic fertilizers on germination and seedling growth of tomato and suppression of soil borne diseases
Reza Mirzaei Talarposhti, Homan Liaghati, Majid Rostami Borojeni - Potentials of Cellulolytic Fungal Inoculants in Enhancing Vermicomposting Efficiency
Mahesh Chandra, Alok Kalra, Ashok Kumar
Posters to session 4.2. Input of pollutants to soil due to application of organic waste products / Implication for soil organisms and the food chain
- Effects of organic by-products with different humification degrees on the dynamics of Potential Toxic Elements in the soil-plant system
Di Lonardo, B., Diacono, M., Fornaio, F., Letizia, A., Montemurro, F., Coppola, E., Buondonno, A. - Plant available heavy metal concentrations in soil treated with compost versus mineral fertilization
Eva Erhart - Fate of organic pollutants during composting: a review
Gwenaëlle Lashermes, Sabine Houot, Violaine Brochier, Enrique Barriuso
Posters to session P1: Needs and wishes of practitioners and authorities
- Flexible and output orientated management of industrial sustainable networks
Andreas Koegler - MBT for a Sustainable Development – Vision 2020
Reinhard Schu, Kirsten Schu - Integrated systems for sustainable management of animal manure in alpine regions
Silvia Silvestri, Luciano Sicher - Waste treatment in Sri Lanka- Challenges & Issues
Patabendi Prabhath - The voluntary certification processes about the compost and the compostable products in Italy
Massimo Centemero, Werner Zanardi
Posters to session P2: Process management and product quality
- Strategies for optimising feedstock materials for in-vessel composting: a case study of tannery wastes
Vijaya Kumar Goddu, Terry Tudor, Margaret Bates - Improving vermicomposting of organic manures: effects of rate of manure application on carbon loss and microbial stabilization
Manuel Aira, Maria Gómez-Brandón, Jorge Domínguez - Earthworms and microorganisms: disentangling the black box of vermicomposting
Manuel Aira, Maria Gómez-Brandón, Jorge Domínguez - Earthworms trigger enzymatic activities through the increase of microbial biomass and activity during vermicomposting of pig slurry
Manuel Aira, Cristina Lazcano, Jorge Domínguez - Earthworms accelerate decomposition while modifying the structure and function of microbial communities during vermicomposting of pig manure
Manuel Aira, Cristina Lazcano, Jorge Domínguez - Earthworms accelerate cellulose decomposition through the enhancement of fungal biomass during vermicomposting
Manuel Aira, Cristina Lazcano, Jorge Domínguez - Role of microorganisms during aging of vermicompost: effects of decaying enzyme activity.
Manuel Aira, Maria Gómez-Brandón, Jorge Domínguez - Microbial community changes during the vermicomposting of grape marc
Maria Gómez-Brandón, Cristina Lazcano, Marta Lores, Jorge Domínguez - Accelerated biooxidation step of the organic fraction in MSW in Lescha bioreactors.
Pamela Principi, Alessandra Bertoli, Giuliana Gemini, Francesca Capitelli, Claudia Sorlini - The experimental modelling of interactions on some organic materials with mineral components of hortic antrosoil conditioned with polymeric materials (I). Preliminary results
Feodor Filipov , Dumitru Bulgariu, Gerard Jităreanu, Laura Bulgariu, Gabriela C. Chiţanu
Posters to session P3. Use of composts and digestates : Choice of the product depending of utilization strategy and aim
- Compost-Nitrogen – What are the types and contents needed for different application purposes?
Ina Körner - Impact of home made compost applications
Milena Stoichkova - Evaluation of Composted Cattle Slurry Fibre as Peat Diluent
Munoo Prasad - Ecotoxicity of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil remediated by vermicompost tea
Daniel Lesinsky, Veverka, M.
