SWANA, Composting
Council say bioreactors, composting can coexist
May 22 --
There´s a place for both composting and bioreactor landfills, the
Solid Waste Association of North America and the United States
Composting Council have agreed.
The two groups have issued a joint statement regarding the
relationship of composting and bioreactor landfills, which speed the
degradation of trash through the recirculation of liquid on the waste.
"While some people consider these technologies as conflicting, SWANA
and USCC believe that they each serve beneficial but different roles and
different functions in integrated waste management," the joint statement
reads.
"It is important that both SWANA and the USCC agree that composting
of organic materials is the highest and best use of these residuals and
that emphasis should continue to be placed on recovering and recycling
as much organic waste as possible from the solid waste stream," said
Stuart Buckner, executive director of the composting council. "We agree,
however, that the bioreactor approach can be used to improve the
environmental performance of landfills without compromising our
commitment to reducing our dependence on landfills by increasing the
composting of organic wastes."
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