Biowaste accounts for a third of all French household waste. Although the sorting and recovery of biowaste is still very limited, it is a precious resource! ♻
Through composting and methanization, biowaste can be recycled into materials (compost, digestate) or energy (biogas). Magic, isn't it? ✨
Who knew a banana peel or carrot peel could be so useful 🍌 🥕
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👉 Transforming biowaste through composting...
There are three forms of composting: domestic, industrial (large-scale) and vermicomposting.
Composting is the process by which living organisms, both micro (like bacteria and fungi) and macro (like insects), naturally transform organic waste into compost.
vermicomposting is composting using compost worms. These worms digest our organic waste and produce high value-added dejecta 🪱
❗ Town or country, apartment or house, indoors or outdoors, (lombri)composting is accessible to all!
(Lombri)composting transforms our biowaste into compost and natural liquid fertilizer, usable by individuals or farmers to amend soils and promote plant growth 🌱
👉 And to methanization!
Methanization is an industrial technique for the decomposition of organic matter by bacteria, in the absence of oxygen. It produces renewable energy, biogas, and a residue, digestate. Digestate is an excellent soil and crop fertilizer for professional use.
👉 Avoid wasting resources
Incineration or landfilling of biowaste is a real waste of resources. The benefits of sorting and recovering biowaste are numerous, be they ecological, economic or social.
In our next article, I suggest you discover how sorting biowaste at source can enable us to considerably reduce our carbon footprint! 🌍
