Biowaste recycling technologies in Latvia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15626/Eco-Tech.2005.011Keywords:
Municipal and industrial waste; Composting technologies; MicroorganismsAbstract
Protection of environment is a worldwide problem. Generation of organic waste is increasing
and strategies for its environmentally sound use must be developed and optimised.
Accumulation of great quantities of organic wastes leads to the serious environmental
problems: polluted water, contaminated soils, polluted air and solid wastes. Waste water
treatment plants produce in large quantities sewage sludge. Among the different types of
municipal organic wastes sewage sludge is the main product.
Waste Management plan for Latvia sets that disposed biodegradable waste amount till 2010
must not exceed 75 % from the biodegradable waste amount disposed in 1995. Proposal for
the Strategy on biodegradable waste management were elaborated by Waste Management
Association of Latvia (WMAL), and in collaboration with Institute of Microbiology and
Biotechnology, University of Latvia an approbation of organic municipal waste composting
technologies is performed in the frames of LIFE - ENVIRONMENT program project in Riga
district.
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