The invention provides treatments of organic waste. The invention provides a method for treating organic waste (and in particular, animal waste such as waste from a cow) and uses of a composition that is capable of generating a reactive species in methods of reducing biological degradation of organic waste, in the treatment of organic waste. The invention also provides organic waste treated by the methods of the invention and uses of this treated organic waste. The invention also provides a method for improving the production of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and medium-chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs) during anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic waste.

The disclosure relates to methods, systems, and apparatus configured to manage a filtration media bed and apparatuses associated therewith. Information associated with the detection of an amount of one or more target contaminates present in a gas phase or liquid phase in a filtration operation can be provided. One or more target contaminates can be removed from a gas or liquid phase traveling in and through the system via a media bed material. The filtration system media bed arrangement can include a plurality of media bed zones. Sensors or sensor arrangements can detect an amount of target contaminate that has flowed through the filtration apparatus over a period of time vis a vis one or more media bed zones. Condition states for each of the media bed zones or the entirety of a media bed arrangement can be generated to better ensure effective target contaminant removal over time.