The invention relates to a composting device for providing compost material from organic material, comprising a drying chamber for receiving organic material to be composted, a heating device located on the drying chamber for heating the organic material located in the drying chamber, a control device for controlling and/or regulating the heating device, and a composting chamber, which is connected to the drying chamber via an opening for material transfer and in which the organic material that has been dried in the drying chamber can be converted into compost material. The invention further relates to a method for providing compost material.

The invention relates to a composting device for providing compost material from organic material, comprising a drying chamber for receiving organic material to be composted, a heating device located on the drying chamber for heating the organic material located in the drying chamber, a control device for controlling and/or regulating the heating device, and a composting chamber, which is connected to the drying chamber via an opening for material transfer and in which the organic material that has been dried in the drying chamber can be converted into compost material. The invention further relates to a method for providing compost material.

This invention discloses and claims a system comprising greenhouses for receiving biosolids comprising a heated slab and an odor control system; a pasteurization building to receive the biosolids from the greenhouse, at least one pasteurization system comprising heat up belts, a burner fan to heat the biosolids, a pasteurization belt to convey the biosolids through a pasteurization chamber; holding tanks to receive the biosolids and enhancement storage to hold enhancements, a scale and a blender to blend the biosolids with the one or more enhancements, a pellet mill to receive a blended fertilizer, the pellet mill comprising a die to form the blended fertilizer into a pellet and a knife to cut the pellet to a desired length, wherein the pellet mill further comprises a temperature-controlled die operable to control the temperature of the blended fertilizer to promote the formation of the pellets.

This invention discloses and claims a system comprising greenhouses for receiving biosolids comprising a heated slab and an odor control system; a pasteurization building to receive the biosolids from the greenhouse, at least one pasteurization system comprising heat up belts, a burner fan to heat the biosolids, a pasteurization belt to convey the biosolids through a pasteurization chamber; holding tanks to receive the biosolids and enhancement storage to hold enhancements, a scale and a blender to blend the biosolids with the one or more enhancements, a pellet mill to receive a blended fertilizer, the pellet mill comprising a die to form the blended fertilizer into a pellet and a knife to cut the pellet to a desired length, wherein the pellet mill further comprises a temperature-controlled die operable to control the temperature of the blended fertilizer to promote the formation of the pellets.

The invention relates to a composting apparatus for providing compost material from organic material, comprising at least one initial chamber and at least one subsequent chamber, wherein the at least one initial chamber and the at least one subsequent chamber comprise a composting chamber in which organic material is convertible to compost material, wherein the at least one initial chamber comprises an introduction opening and a discharge opening and organic material is introducible into the at least one initial chamber through the introduction opening, wherein the at least one subsequent chamber comprises an introduction opening, a conveying unit on at least one initial chamber, having at least one conveying element for the organic material, said conveying element being arranged in said initial chamber; and a control device for actuating the conveying unit, wherein the organic material is conveyable by means of the conveying unit through the discharge opening for transfer to the at least one subsequent chamber.

The invention relates to a composting apparatus for providing compost material from organic material, comprising at least one initial chamber and at least one subsequent chamber, wherein the at least one initial chamber and the at least one subsequent chamber comprise a composting chamber in which organic material is convertible to compost material, wherein the at least one initial chamber comprises an introduction opening and a discharge opening and organic material is introducible into the at least one initial chamber through the introduction opening, wherein the at least one subsequent chamber comprises an introduction opening, a conveying unit on at least one initial chamber, having at least one conveying element for the organic material, said conveying element being arranged in said initial chamber; and a control device for actuating the conveying unit, wherein the organic material is conveyable by means of the conveying unit through the discharge opening for transfer to the at least one subsequent chamber.

The present invention relates to a method for degradation of a plastic-containing waste further comprising cellulosic, plant and/or animal waste, the method comprising mixing the plastic-containing waste with a composition comprising bacteria in the presence of air wherein the plastic containing waste is filled to a predetermined level in a digesting apparatus comprising of an elongated tank having one or more rotating mixing shafts provided with radially extending agitating blades fixed to the shafts, wherein the plastic containing waste has a surface-to-volume ratio of at least 1.1 when the digesting apparatus is filled to the predetermined level, whereby the surface area is the surface area in m.sup.2 of the filled plastic containing waste to air interface, and the volume is the volume of the plastic containing waste in m.sup.3.

A composting system comprising a composting bin containing a composting material: the bin embedded at least partially below a ground surface in a root zone; the bin forming an enclosure including porous side portions and a non-porous base portion; the side portions provided with holes to allow ingress and egress of worms while excluding vermin; the holes further allowing nutrients exuded by composting material in the bin to leach into surrounding soil: the bin embedded in a root zone in a soil mass.

A composting system comprising a composting bin containing a composting material: the bin embedded at least partially below a ground surface in a root zone; the bin forming an enclosure including porous side portions and a non-porous base portion; the side portions provided with holes to allow ingress and egress of worms while excluding vermin; the holes further allowing nutrients exuded by composting material in the bin to leach into surrounding soil: the bin embedded in a root zone in a soil mass.

There is disclosed a method of producing a soil remediant from liquid organic waste material in which the liquid organic waste material is concurrently pasteurised and digested by thermophilic aerobic digestion in the liquid phase in a single digester vessel. The organic waste material in the digester is maintained continuously at a temperature of at least 70° C. for at least an hour and the liquid organic waste material comprises at least 70% water and can be pumped. After a period of at least an hour a small amount of pasteurised organic waste material is removed and a corresponding amount of fresh organic waste material is added to the single digester vessel such that the temperature is maintained in a comfort zone of the thermophilic bacteria. In a preferred embodiment the thermophilic aerobic digestion is facilitated by micro-organisms including crenarchaeota. The liquid organic waste material can be combined with a microporous adsorbent. Also disclosed is a soil remediant comprising a microporous adsorbent and liquid organic waste material from the novel method. The microporous adsorbent may be a volcaniclastic sedimentary rock or diatomite or of vegetable origin such as biochar. The microporous adsorbent may be a powder or a granular material and may have particle sizes up to 2000 microns.