A Macadamia integrifolia whitening extract and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The preparation method includes: S1: carrying out a hot extraction on a crushed Macadamia integrifolia green peel using an ethanol solution as an extraction solvent to obtain a crude green peel extract; then enzymatically treating the crude green peel extract using a snailase to obtain a enzymatic hydrolysate; finally extracting the enzymatic hydrolysate using a petroleum ether, and taking an aqueous phase to obtain a green peel extract; S2: carrying out a hot extraction on crushed Sichuan lovase rhizome decoction pieces using an ethanol solution as an extraction solvent to obtain a Sichuan lovase rhizome extract; S3: dispersing the green peel extract and the Sichuan lovase rhizome extract in water to obtain a whitening extract.

Provided is a filtration system and process that enhances mineral removal from sludge through a novel recirculation and mixing apparatus. In one example, the system may include a filter configured to remove minerals from sludge, a pump configured to move the sludge towards the filter, a pre-filtering system configured to add an agent into the sludge prior to the sludge making contact with the filter, a drainage collection system including one ore more reservoirs configured to collect water drained during and/or after the filtering and feedback the drained water to the pump, and valving configured configured to mix the drained water with the sludge to generate a mixture which is moved by the pump towards the filter.

A method for the biological treatment of organic waste containing impurities consisting of non-biodegradable materials, including: • a first step of wet mechanical separation of the non-biodegradable materials present in the abovementioned organic waste in order to obtain a purified organic fraction, • a second step of dehydrating the purified organic fraction in order to obtain a dehydrated purified organic fraction and an effluent, • a third step of dry anaerobic biological treatment of the dehydrated organic fraction in order to obtain organic residues.

This disclosure provides a composting system and method. The system comprises: (a) a container configured to contain a composition and comprising (i) insulated walls, (ii) an air intake and (iii) a vent; and (b) a composition contained in the container. The composition comprises aerobic microorganisms, a carbon source and a nutrient source sufficient to support growth of the aerobic microorganisms. The container is sufficiently insulated so that heat generated by aerobic respiration is sufficiently retained in the container to maintain a heat gradient in the container. The container is dimensioned to generate a stack effect that moves air into the air intake, through the composition and out the vent. The moving air provides oxygen to support growth of aerobic microorganisms, making the stack effect self-sustaining as long as a carbon source and nutrients last. The insulation can maintain temperatures in the composting cell sufficient to kill pathogenic microorganisms.

Disclosed herein are compositions including cells of defined sets of microbial species (for example, 3, 16, 18, 19, 21, or 22 microbial species). Also disclosed are methods of using the microbial compositions that include contacting soil, plants, plant parts, or seeds with the composition. The microbial compositions are also used in methods of degrading biological materials, such as chitin-containing biological materials.

The present invention relates to a fertilizer comprising at least one basic L-amino acid, such as arginine or lysine, wherein a substantial portion of the basic L-amino acid content is present as its monophosphate. The basic L-amino acid phosphate may be combined with a binder and/or provided with an outermost layer acting as a coating. The invention also relates to a method of enhancing the growth of a plant by making a basic L-amino acid phosphate available to the plant.

An agricultural additive composition is used to improve soil health. The agricultural additive composition improves the % biomass of soil and reduce perchlorates. The agricultural additive composition is used to treat soil and/or irrigation water used for growing plants. The agricultural additive composition includes water, willow bark, nitrogen, citric acid, corn steep and Yucca extract.

The invention relates to a method and system for phosphate recovering from a waste stream, such as an animal manure waste stream. The method comprises the steps of: - providing a tank reactor, 5 - providing acidogenic bacteria and/or acetogenic bacteria and the waste stream to the tank reactor, - hydrolysing the waste stream, forming a reaction mixture; - providing a gas flow to the reaction mixture for removing carbon dioxide from the reaction mixture; 10 - providing the reaction mixture to an anaerobic sludge reactor, - removing a compound comprising phosphate from the reaction mixture within the anaerobic sludge reactor, and - removing gas from the reaction mixture within the anaerobic sludge reactor.

A method for producing an amino acid liquid fertilizer from waste feathers includes: acquiring an enzymatic hydrolysate by performing enzymolysis on feather powder with a complex enzyme; adding acid protease to the enzymatic hydrolysate for enzymolysis; and acquiring the amino acid liquid fertilizer by performing enzyme inactivation on a filtrate acquired by performing filtering after enzymolysis is completed, wherein the complex enzyme includes keratinase and amino acid peptidase. By adopting this method, the enzymolysis rate of the feathers reaches 80% or above and the prepared amino acid liquid fertilizer contains various kinds of amino acids (17 amino acids); and the content of the amino acid can reach 10.12% (by mass fraction) or above and the content of small peptide reaches 9.39% (by mass fraction), which reach the Chinese standard of the amino acid liquid fertilizers without concentration. Thus, the environmental-friendly amino acid liquid fertilizer can be prepared.

A method for promoting germination of underground buds and growth of new-born root systems of ratoon sugarcane is to cut stubbles based on a depth survey of the stubbles of the ratoon sugarcane, particularly including steps of: for a ratoon sugarcane field after mechanical harvesting, cutting the stubbles with a sugarcane stubble cutting machine, and remaining underground stubbles of 5-7 cm after cutting; for a ratoon sugarcane field with manual harvesting, cutting the sugarcane with a hoe, and remaining underground stubbles of 10-12 cm after cutting, so as to realize sugarcane cutting and stubble cutting in one step; thereafter, applying fertilizers and pesticides, and hilling up, wherein the underground buds of the stubbles are controlled to be distributed 10-15 cm below ground after hilling up; and finally conducting whole film mulching. The present invention is advanced and practical, and easily used and promoted.