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German compost firms visited by experts

07 May 2022

Written by Esther Hessel. Last week compost experts from Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands visited the compost sites of Stadtreinigung Hamburg in Bützberg and Entsorgüngsbetriebe in Lübeck. Both…

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Trial compost in rootstock cultivation is proceeding

22 April 2022

Written by Esther Hessel.

Last year a trial started with the use of compost in the rootstock cultivation of apples. Till now peat is used in the stool beds. But there is a trend towards peat free…

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BRIT: Bioresource information tool ready to use

22 April 2022

Written by:  Phillipp Lüssenhop, Steffen Walk, Ina Körner, TUHH, April 2022

 

Due to the SOILCOM+ approval within the framework of INTERREG Call 12 in June 2021, new contents were introduced fo…

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Agricultural composting: cooperation between farmers and scientists

13 April 2022

Written by: Claas Menke, Lukas Huhn, Ina Körner, TUHH (April 2022)

Intensive cooperation has started with two German agricultural companies. Both are carrying out field composting on their farms…

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Compost quality: method for determination of plastics pollution

13 April 2022

Written by Stefan Deegener and Ina Körner, TUHH (April 2022)

German municipal composting plants use often the parameter "surface sum" to indicate compost impurities. It considers various types of…

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Optimizing compost by joining SOILCOM

10 March 2022

With the new insights and experiences of SOILCOM, Klintholm I/S In Denmark, changed its composting processes. As a result the compost quality increased. The Danish Klintholm I/S participates in the S…

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Compost of bulb flower material applied on bulb flower land

09 February 2022

Written by Malu Steenwijk, Delphy.

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Behaviour of compostable waste collection bags in industrial composting

21 December 2021

Written by: Ina Körner and Stefan Deegener, TUHH, December 2021. Compostable plastics bags are increasingly used in households to dispose food waste. Their use might be helpful to improve biowaste …

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