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Evaluation of Kitchen Waste Recycling as Organic N-Fertiliser for Sustainable Agriculture under Cool and Warm Seasons

doi: 10.3390/su15107997
Kitchen waste could be processed and recycled into safe fertilizers/soil improvers for sustainable agriculture through different methods: (1) Dried pellets from model kitchen waste treated with anaerobic effective microorganisms; and (2) Anaerobically digested kitchen waste. For comparison, a commercial mineral fertilizer was used. These methods were applied in two separate glasshouse experiments: one under cool (mainly winter) conditions (X–IV) and one under warm (mainly summer) conditions (VI–X) consisting of 3–4 subsequent harvests in northern Poland. Comparing the food waste agronomic performance after anaerobic digestion and effective microorganism treatments, especially under different climatic conditions, is a novel approach. Kitchen waste served as a much better fertilizer than mineral fertilizer, but only during the cool season. In addition, it provided 20–40% more plant yields for dosages >120 kg N/ha and a similar N uptake. In the warm season, in comparison to effective microorganism-incubated kitchen waste, its anaerobic digestion improved the relative agronomic effectiveness twice after 30 days of growth (82% versus 43%). However, the total effectiveness for anaerobically digested kitchen waste versus pelleted and effective microorganism-incubated kitchen waste was 32% versus 27% (N utilization-wise) and 36% versus 21% (plant biomass yield-wise). The Monod kinetic model was applied for the internal efficiency of N utilization; for the best fitting procedure, R2 > 0.96 for the cool season and R2 > 0.92 for the warm season. Kitchen waste introduced to the soil provided better soil properties than mineral fertilizer. The study contributes to the biological systems for waste recycling in agriculture, bioproduction processes, and the global food chain.
agronomic effectiveness, food waste; kitchen waste; nitrogen uptake; ryegrass growth; agronomic effectiveness; Monod kinetics, TJ807-830, TD194-195, Renewable energy sources, Monod kinetics, GE1-350, Environmental effects of industries and plants, nitrogen uptake, Environmental sciences, food waste, kitchen waste, ryegrass growth
agronomic effectiveness, food waste; kitchen waste; nitrogen uptake; ryegrass growth; agronomic effectiveness; Monod kinetics, TJ807-830, TD194-195, Renewable energy sources, Monod kinetics, GE1-350, Environmental effects of industries and plants, nitrogen uptake, Environmental sciences, food waste, kitchen waste, ryegrass growth
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